"Sent an order to Xiao Gaoliu and Zhenli, and ordered the two to lead their headquarters to garrison on the east and west sides of the Song army's camp, harassing the Song army from time to time." Xiao Gan said to a pro-soldier beside him. The pro-soldier answered, turned and mounted his horse.

A cronie next to him reminded: "Can you report to the Big Stone Forest Tooth?" ”

Xiao Gan smiled coldly and said, "If Dashi Linya has a million soldiers in his belly, he will naturally be able to find out about this matter, and he will know when to attack with me and kill the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty." If he doesn't even know how to act, what's the use of telling him about this sour showman?! ”

Xiao Gan immediately got on his horse and shouted: "Sons, go back and let our horses rest, they are even more tired than us." He led the remaining hundred or so pro-army, shouting, like a group of crippled jackals, running north with hatred and blood.

Strictly speaking, Yelu Dashi is indeed a Xiucai, and he represents a high-level intellectual who is more educated than Xiucai-Hanlin. The word Linya in the Khitan language is the meaning of Hanlin, Yelu Dashi has been reading Han classics since he was a child, and he is both civil and military, and is proficient in Khitan and Han languages. When he was 28 years old, he participated in the imperial examination held by the Liao State for the Han people, passed the Jinshi, entered the Hanlin Academy, and served as the Hanlin Chengzhi, becoming the only Khitan Jinshi in the Liao State clearly recorded in the "History of Liao", so it was also respected by the Khitan people as Dashi Linya. Therefore, in the minds of the Khitan people, Yelu Dashi's skill attributes are biased towards the text, of course, this is because Yelu Dashi's riding and archery is not as prominent as his cultural level among the Khitans - when he later fought with the Jin soldiers, Yelu Dashi was also honorably captured by the Jin army, but Yelu Dashi with his handsome and chic appearance and ability to speak, he was deceived by the Jin people's appreciation, and gave him a wife to serve him, and finally Yelu Dashi persuaded the wives sent by the Jin people, and was willing to cover Yelu Dashi's escape.

For a scheming handsome person like Yelu Dashi, planning and then acting is his most distinctive feature. The more than 10,000 miscellaneous troops led by Yelu Dashi have been stationed in Xincheng for nearly a month. Every day, I just guard the camp, morning and evening; Then all the distant barricades were sent out, and they inquired every day, entering and leaving the camp like a marquee.

Fortunately at first, these generals were still able to defend this camp - after all, there were 100,000 troops on the other side of the river! The army of the Southern Dynasties is not a river, who will cause trouble when they are full? As the distant barricades came in and out frequently in the past few days, more and more news began to spread in the camp. What to say that the front army of the south and the west road went all the way to the north, and killed the south of Zhuozhou City, and even the Chinese army on the west road had arrived at the Laishui camp. He also said that Xiao Gan, the king of the four armies, couldn't find anyone to hide, and even said that Xiao Gan's men and horses had all been defeated by the southerners...... There are various theories, and so on. It's just that the head coach Master Lin Ya still sits firmly in the tent, and he does not beat the drum to gather the generals to discuss the military situation, nor does he go out of the camp to inspect military affairs.

Xiao Yikuo was the most impatient, and he had been fighting in the Yelu Stone Tent for several days. As soon as Xiao Yikuo entered the big tent, he shouted in a rough voice: "Lin Ya, I heard that the west has been killed there, and this southerner is too deceitful, so he is willing to lead the army to attack, cross the river and rob the camp, and kill these southern dogs for a hundred and ten miles." The province sits here every day. ”

Yelu Dashi has long been accustomed to Xiao Yikuo's request for battle, and Wen Yan persuaded: "Then the Song army is alone and arrogant, why worry about not being defeated?" It's just that at this time, the spirit has not been lost, how can I fight with him with my Khitan Erlang's life? ”

Xiao Yikuo hurriedly said: "It's just like this, it's not called fighting, how can you take such a breath?" ”

Yelu Dashi said: "Military affairs are a major event of a country, how can the righteousness of the husband be equated with it?" We are burdened with heavy responsibilities, not for a momentary moment. If I move westward, won't the Henan Song army take advantage of the situation to cross the river? General Xiao, just wait for two more days, and there will be a time for you to help! ”

Xiao Yikuo didn't understand the meaning of Yelu Dashi's words at all, and he couldn't refute the commander's order, so he still muttered and refused to leave.

While he was talking, a distant blocker came in from outside the tent and reported to Yelu Dashiyu: "Report to Linya: Last night, Xiao Dutong led people to burn down the camp of the Song Army. Now it is dividing the east and west roads to encircle the Song army camp. ”

Xiao Yikuo was very happy to hear that the grain and grass of the Song army had been burned, and was about to step forward to ask for battle, but with a "report", another distant blocker came in, knelt down and said: "Report Linya: The banner in the Song military camp on the other side of the river has not changed, but we found countless Song troops marching west along the river on the west bank of the Song camp. ”

"There are not many flags in the camp, but there are other soldiers and horses along the river, which is obviously the Song Army's golden cicada out of its shell." Yelu Dashi listened to the report from afar, and his face, which had been calm and unchanged for many days, finally showed joy, and after many days of silence, the drum of the gathering general finally sounded.

In the big tent, Yelu Dashi was dressed in armor, and after standing on the throne, he first inspected the crowd and saw that everyone was gearing up, so he said to the generals in the tent: "The generals obey the order: Xiao Duer led 500 people to garrison the camp, and the banner remained unchanged, as usual; Xiao Yikuo led 3,000 cavalry troops and marched west along the river, so as to catch up with the Song army, capture the Song army's crossing of the river, and hold the ferry; The rest of the people, follow me to cover up and kill the Song army! ”

The generals in the tent clasped their fists together and received the order violently, sweeping away the dull atmosphere that had been dull for days.

He Xu, an old handsome guy who is feeling good about himself, has been wearing a spring breeze after deciding to wear life-saving armor. This is not because he can say that the heavyweight in the army is complacent, in his opinion, "to the text of the martial arts" is the rule set by Yizu, these soldiers can only be driven, not the court. After making military achievements, you have your own good land and beautiful concubines, grace and wealth rewards, and good fields and beautiful houses, whatever you want. But in national affairs, you don't need to be a reckless man to talk too much.

He Xu's heart is now happy and worried. The good thing is that the Liao thieves are really declining, there is a Jin army in the north to press the border, and the natural army here in the south is empty, as long as you wave your army to the north to the north, you can drive Yanjing directly. According to the spies' report, the Central Army of the Western Route Army has rushed to the city of Zhuozhou, and it seems that the great merit of this day will fall into the hands of the Western Route Army. And he hasn't crossed the river yet, so how does this not make him anxious?

Fortunately, this kind of teacher is still familiar, and there is no perfunctory shirk in the marching arrangement, saving him from bothering and laboring, if he can take Yanjing directly, he can also share some credit. Now that the Western Route Army has penetrated deep into the interior of Liao, his Eastern Route Army can cross the river from the West Route Army, and then march along the Western Route Army, all the way north, if there is an enemy situation, the West Route Army in front of him is blocking in front, if there is no enemy situation, it is not as good as his distraction, all the way to the East Route Army marching speed, then naturally the West Route Army planted trees, and he East Route Army took advantage of the coolness. As for the Jelu Dashi, it is probably still guarding the north bank of the river, right? "Huh." He Yu was almost already laughing out loud. He also studied hard for ten years before he was sent by Zhixiong Prefecture, and he has not been promoted for five years, so he and Shu will also have the scenery of ruling the country.

(End of chapter)