The next morning, the first thing Jelujing did when he got up was to go to the front of the battle to watch. The genius was bright, and the large array of the Zhou army in the distance stood in a forest, like a forest; The farther fire had not yet been extinguished, illuminating the mist that had not cleared from the previous night as if it had a halo.

Yelu Jing's face was blue, and on the vast battlefield, he didn't see where there was a crack that could be inserted!

Not long after, someone suddenly came up and reported: "Youzhou stayed behind in Abudi to report urgently, the Zhou army has attacked Youzhou City!" ”

Ye Lujing's face turned blue and white for a while when he heard this, and his eyes left the front, the vast Zhou army array, he turned his head and saw Xiao Siwen: "Abudi is your subordinate, is it a wine bag and rice bag?" ”

Xiao Siwen's face was very ugly: "The Great Khan is angry, it must be the people and horses of the Zhou army who attacked my grain road!" The light was not clear at night, and the large horse team was loud, and Abudi was too concerned about the safety of Youzhou City, so he misreported the military situation. ”

Yelu Jing said in a deep voice: "Why did the soldiers and horses come to Youzhou again that week? Yesterday night was not still in the northwest! ”

Xiao Siwen frowned and said, "These people marched overnight, and they must have never stopped...... Since I arrived in Youzhou from the northwest overnight, I should want to go out from Youzhou to the southeast! ”

He also suggested: "The 20,000 elite horsemen of Yelu are to encircle the west near the Wenyu River in the east; At this time, if you can go south in time, you should be able to block the way of the Zhou army! The Zhou army stopped for a day and a night, and it must be exhausted at this time, as long as it is caught by the Great Liao Army, it will definitely be defeated! ”

Yelujing gritted his teeth and asked, "Is it too late?" ”

Xiao Siwen said: "It is reported that the northern attack of the Zhou army is a large force of cavalry, and it is difficult to hide the traces, and Yelu will learn of their movements sooner or later, but I don't know if it will be in time or not." The minister immediately sent Kuaima to inform the Zhou army of the movement! ”

At this time, the sun had risen from the east, and the light between heaven and earth suddenly brightened a little. Xiao Siwen arranged a fast horse, watched the shadow of the fast horse run to the northeast, and looked at the rising sun in the east sky.

…… Receiving the scout's report, Jerod galloped south with his guards, and saw a long series of footprints curving in the snow.

He jumped off his horse and took a closer look, and there were countless marks on the ground that had been trampled by the horses' hooves, and in some places, even the mud under the snow had turned up! The snow has been repeatedly trampled into broken ice, and I don't know how many people have passed through here to become like this.

Yelu raised his head obliquely, and followed the footprints to look south, and there was a long mark on the snowfield, with no end, extending to the south.

"Phew!" Jerod spitted the ground.

…… The east gate of Gu'an County was opened, and a large number of horses and soldiers entered. In the cold air, the people and horses were spitting white steam, and they were already exhausted. But Dong Zunzhi jumped off the horse in front of the barracks, and then raised his head and laughed "haha".

The crowd burst into joy. Dong Zunzhi pointed to the dead sheep on horseback and shouted: "Peel it out and roast the prey!" ”

Another general shouted to ask the Gu'an County Treasury for good wine, and there was an uproar at the gate of the barracks.

The soldiers didn't close their eyes for a day and a night, but everyone didn't feel sleepy at all, and excitedly packed up the mutton.

Entering the lobby of the barracks, someone said there: "This sheep died yesterday, and it didn't let go of blood, and I'm afraid the flesh is not good-looking." ”

Zhou Tong said loudly: "But our sheep have another taste, the taste of victory!" ”

The generals widened their eyes and said in unison: "The taste of victory!" ”

There were already soldiers with charcoal and firewood to come in and build a fire, Dong Zunzhi and others poured the wine first, and drank the wine and waited for the meat to be cooked. Everyone raised the wine bowl and shouted, raised their heads and drank the first bowl of wine in one gulp! After Dong Zunzhi finished drinking, he squinted his eyes and exhaled a long breath, and everyone looked at him with a smile.

Dong Zunzhi "snapped" and put the wine bowl heavily on the table, and said: "Youzhou is such a big place as Pingchuan near the left, we are galloping horses at any time, and the Liao army temporarily transferred troops out, and you still want to catch us?" ”

"Haha......"

Zhang Jiankui patted his horse and said: "General Dong is a hero!" ”

Dong Zunzhi immediately clenched his fists and said: "It's all up to the proper deployment of the officials." ”

Everyone immediately agreed. Dong Zunzhi looked at the sheep on the fire and said, "Pack up a few and send them to the official family as gifts." Dong Zunzhi turned his head to look at Zhou Tong, "Hehe" smiled and said, "This sheep has a special taste!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a military general came in and hugged his fists and said: "General Dong, someone from the Bazhou Palace is asking to see you!" ”

Dong Zunzhi immediately stood up, "Please!" ”

After a while, a civilian official walked in and said: "General Dong is crisscrossing the belly and back of the Liao army, and the capture is not counted, the news has reached Bazhou, and the military government has praised it, and General Dong has become a hero of the Great Zhou!" ”

Dong Zunzhi's tired face was full of red light, but he didn't know if he was too strong to drink, or if he was not drunk, everyone was drunk.

The civil official stood up straight again and said, "Your Majesty has sent a decree to General Dong to sleep, and then go to Bazhou to face the saint; The queen asked someone to bring grapes and wine, and His Majesty wants to drink it with General Dong! ”

The civil official glanced at him, and reminded in a private tone: "It is said that there are not many fine wines brewed by the queen herself, but not everyone can be lucky enough to taste it. ”

Dong Zunzhi rubbed his hands, so excited that he couldn't speak.

The generals immediately made a noise to congratulate, and Zhou Tong also joked: "The queen mother of the world brews the wine with her own hands, and General Dong has drunk it and has to come back and talk to the brothers." ”

"Of course!" Dong Zunzhi patted his chest and said, "Let Ben attack again, this time turn Youzhou upside down!" ”

……

Yelu Jing in the big tiger skin chair had stiff hair and beard, and at this time he was almost standing up like a hedgehog. At this time, someone came in and reported: "The military camp in the north of Zhuozhou was attacked by the Zhou army's horsemen!" ”

A nobleman hurriedly asked, "Which direction is it coming from?" ”

Xiao Siwen, who was standing at the bottom, couldn't help but glance at the nobleman, and said in his heart, I don't know if this guy is stupid, or is he stunned? The Zhou army is not a tribe on the grassland, the cavalry that attacked has returned to the south, and the main force is near Zhuozhou, how can there be people and horses suddenly attacking from the north? It was obviously a cavalry attack from the city of Zhuozhou, and directly north of Zhuozhou was the men and horses of the Liao army attacking the fortifications of Zhuozhou.

Sure enough, someone came and said: "It's the horsemen who attacked from Zhuozhou!" The striker rushed to kill with heavy horses, threw iron spears, and the soldiers were invincible, and he must be Shi Yanchao, who was known as the first fierce general of the Zhou State!

After the horsemen we left in the barracks were broken, the Zhou army rushed to kill them in several directions, and the Xi people and Jurchen infantry stationed in the camp could not resist it, and were killed and seriously injured by the cavalry. Catapults, ladders, and baggage were burned down by the Zhou army's heavy fire oil......"

Yelu Jing slapped the arm of the chair and said angrily: "How many horsemen does the Zhou army have in Zhuozhou?" Dare to be so rampant, immediately transfer elite troops to reinforcements! ”

Xiao Siwen couldn't stand still, and hurriedly went out to worship and said: "Great Khan, the minister has a word." ”

Yelujing turned his head, his face filled with anger.

Xiao Siwen took a deep breath and said, "The situation is a little wrong. ”

Yelu Jing said coldly: "What's wrong? ”

Xiao Siwen said: "This battle is the Northern Expedition of the Zhou State, but from the very beginning, they have passively built a defensive line to prevent the counterattack of the Great Liao Iron Cavalry!" Its fortifications and infantry could not choose when and where to go to war...... However, since the Zhou army on the North Road attacked and harassed the rear, our Great Liao Army transferred troops to encircle and suppress it, and gradually followed in the footsteps of the Zhou army; In the current situation, the more than 100,000 mobile galloping iron horsemen of the Great Liao Army have been restrained by the Zhou army at every step, and there are signs of being led by the nose......"

Another minister said: "The Xi Jurchen infantry in the big battalion can't resist it, if they don't save it, the two-legged ones can't run the four-legged ones, can they sit back and watch them be killed by the cavalry of the Zhou army?" Can you not deploy troops to fight back at this time! ”

Xiao Siwen was speechless, and couldn't think of a way to deal with it temporarily.

Yelu Jing immediately ordered the general and asked him to bring elite troops to the west.

The main force of the Liao army was almost all in Zhuozhou. First, the Liao army attacked the outer castle of Zhuozhou, besieged on all sides, and the large camp was located in the north of Zhuozhou, back to the direction of Youzhou City; Then the main force of the infantry of the Zhou army moved westward from Gu'an County, and the Liao army took advantage of its halfway to attack, and most of the elite cavalry were between Zhuozhou and Gu'an, and fell into a stalemate of confrontation...... This is also where Xiao Siwen and Ye Lujing and others are staying now.

The back of the Liao army was attacked by a large number of Zhou army rangers and disturbed the grain road, and more than 30,000 Liao elite cavalry had attacked; Now the Zhengbei camp in Zhuozhou has been broken through the front camp, and the elite cavalry has to be separated from the Khan's tent to counterattack...... Every step of the transfer is to cope with Zhou Jun's movements, is this not passive?

Xiao Siwen felt that the situation was inexplicable at this time, and it became very weird! The Liao army is dominated by cavalry, shouldn't it be in control of the battlefield and take the initiative to choose when and where to start the war at will?!

The charcoal fire in the big tent is booming.

Suddenly, Yelu Jing slapped his palm on the table, was furious, and pointed to the nose of a squire next to him: "Ben Khan told you to wear a dogskin hat!" Pull it out and fight it, and hit it to the death! ”

"Great Khan spare your life, spare your life......" The attendant's face turned white, and his knees fell to the ground.

The attendant said, "The nobles have pity on the poor minions, and persuade the Great Khan to ......."

Everyone looked at each other, but no one said a word. Yelu Jing was very angry today, but he didn't dare to be angry with the ministers and nobles, but he wanted to beat up a servant, who wants to come out and talk more?

But many people are probably more puzzled, and even Xiao Siwen wondered: Why did the attendant wear a dogskin hat and sweat profusely? It's also wrong for someone else to wear a hat? Thinking about it, maybe it was a little hot in the big tent, and wearing such a tight hat made Yelujing look uncomfortable...... Or maybe Jeregen remembered the hounds he liked and was angry at the squire for wearing a dog's skin?

After a while, the screams of crying fathers and mothers came from outside the big tent.

The crowd listened in silence, as if no one had heard.

Xiao Siwen took half a step forward, and immediately attracted everyone's attention. Yelu Jing also looked at him coldly.

Xiao Siwen said in a deep voice: "The minister suggested that the Great Khan first collected the big account and prepared to prepare." Many of the decorations of this big tent were left by the ancestors, and it would be a pity if they were lost. ”

Yelu Jing said, "What do you mean? ”

Xiao Siwen said: "The infantry cavalry in front of the Zhou army may be about to attack us. Of course, the infantry can't catch up with us, but it's quite hasty for us to temporarily set up camp and pack up our tents, so it's better to prepare first......"

The atmosphere suddenly fell to the bottom.