The lights in Xin Xingzong's big tent were brilliant, and the heavy tents blocked the sound outside, although those staff members were comforted by Xin Xingzong, they felt that it was still the safest in this big tent, so they didn't disperse, and still sat and talked with Xin Xingzong.

At this time, a pro-soldier entered the tent and reported after giving a salute: "The patrol post outside the camp reported that a group of men and horses galloped from the north, and there was still a chasing army behind them, and the pursuit was very urgent. ”

Xin Xingzong hurriedly asked, "How many people are there in the chasing army?" ”

The pro-soldier replied, "About a thousand people." ”

Xin Xingzong asked again: "Is there a police everywhere?" ”

The pro-army replied: "All parties have patrolled the shops and listened to the ground, and there has been no alarm. ”

Xin Xingzong pondered for a while, and ordered: "Wu Zihou, the commander of the front army, led the men and horses of the headquarters to stand in front of the gate of the village to stop and kill the incoming enemy. Ordered Liu Guangshi to be the first to choose the front army and help at any time. ”

Wu Zihou is only the deputy general of the Feng Army, the main general is Liu Guangshi, then Liu Guangshi is the son of Liu Yanqing, and he is the boss of Xin Xingzong.

After the adjutant general Wu Zihou received the order, he led the men and horses of the headquarters to rush to the gate of the village, and set up two large infantry formations with the Sandu infantry army, each formation was equipped with eight sword hands, 16 pikemen, pikemen in front, and knife hands behind. Then behind the knife hand is equipped with more than 70 crossbowmen. This is the Song army usually used infantry battle array, in many years of war against the enemy, the soldiers rely on the advantage of cavalry and archery, the Song army has few horses, and the horse archery is naturally weaker than the soldiers, so they can only form a formation to resist the enemy. First of all, the pikemen and swordmen in front are the barriers, and the main force still relies on the crossbowmen in the back to injure the enemy. Since the range of the bow and crossbow used by the infantry far exceeds the range of the bow and arrow used by the cavalry, it has the advantage in the bow and arrow. When the enemy army comes, an archer shoots an arrow to see if it enters the range of the bow and arrow, and after entering, the arrows are fired in unison, and in general, three batches of arrows can be shot in the time when the enemy cavalry rushes to the front of the formation, and there are very few of them that can rush to the front of the formation. The cavalry army that used this tactic to fight against the Fan soldiers tried and tested repeatedly, and the Fan soldiers had long been accustomed to it, as long as the Song army formed a formation, they would turn around and leave.

On the wall of the camp, there is a lantern hanging at intervals, emitting a cloud of dim light, which is a night sky full of stars, and suddenly the wind blows, rolling up pieces of clouds, and even the starlight is blocked. The soldiers lined up outside the gate remained motionless, staring ahead with wide eyes.

Wu Zihou sat on the horse, next to Liu Guangshi, the two looked north, the front was still pitch black, and they couldn't see anything clearly. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves, accompanied by the shouts of the riders controlling their horses, came into their ears, followed by the first horseman leading a group of scattered horsemen to break through the darkness and gallop towards the camp. Look at the turban armor, it's your own people. Not far behind, a group of pursuers were cursing and shooting arrows forward, and they didn't plan to chase them.

Wu Zihou had a very good personal relationship with Wang Ji, and at this time, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Wang Ji's former army had finally escaped. Liu Guangshi snorted coldly: "This dog is interesting, if you move forward, you will have to eat my arrows!" Wu Zihou knew that Liu Guangshi was such an arrogant character, and he didn't say much.

The two were about to ride forward when they suddenly stabbed out a group of men and horses from the west and slashed towards the exhausted Song army, who had just escaped.

There is no doubt that the men and horses killed in the oblique stab must be ambushes, but everyone's attention was attracted by the two groups of men and horses running from the north at the beginning, and the sound of the hooves and shouts of the two groups of people in the north also covered up the sound of the horses' hooves before the group of ambushes in the west accelerated. waited for him to rush to the front, shouting and killing, and shocked everyone at once.

As soon as the two armies fought, they separated with the pace of the horses, but this stagnation was enough for Xiao Gan to lead the army behind to catch up. Xiao Gan immediately led the army to rush up, and he made up his mind to cut down this group of Song troops in front of the Song army's camp, so as to establish his authority and warn these men not to think that the Khitans could be bullied.

Escaped all the way, and at this time, Wang Ji, who rushed through Xiao Gaoliu's ambush interception, only desperately fled to the camp gate, he had already seen the bright swords and guns outside the camp gate from a distance, and knew that the camp was already outside to wait for the enemy.

Three groups of men and horses, all the way in front of the wild running, the back two Liao soldiers regarded the Song army camp as if there was nothing, one left and one right in hot pursuit, a hundred zhang distance in a blink of an eye.

Wang Ji ran to the front of the formation, saw the murderous spirit of the two infantry formations outside the gate of the village, and knew that he could not disturb the formation.

Wu Zihou saw it really on the horse, it was his friend Wang Ji who led the army back, was blocked by the ambush soldiers, was entangled by the Liao soldiers, and could not get out. Wang Ji's subordinates were exhausted when they were able to escape and come back, and now they were attacked by Xiao Gaoliu and Xiao Gan, and they were even more miserable, and their left and right subordinates screamed and wailed from time to time, and were killed by the Liao soldiers.

Wu Zihou saw that he was anxious, turned his head and ordered his subordinates, Liu Guangshi, who was planning to choose the front army, to lead the cavalry to catch up from both sides of the infantry formation to help. Liu Guangshi looked cold, unmoved, and didn't look at Wu Zihou and said: "The situation is unknown, I am afraid that the enemy will ambush again." They all ordered us to form a formation to resist the enemy, and we just formed a formation to resist the enemy. When the thief saw that I was powerful, he did not strike at me. ”

Wu Zihou couldn't argue, so he had to order the soldiers in the formation to shout: "General Wang retreats from the side of the formation." ”

For a while, the soldiers in the formation shouted one after another, Wang Ji was struggling to get out, and when he heard the soldiers in front of him let him pass from both sides of the formation, he slapped his horse and rushed to the side of the infantry formation, and shouted loudly: "Stand back on the side of the formation!" When Wang Ji's men heard Wang Ji's order, they hurriedly turned their horses' heads, some rushed from the left side of the infantry formation, and some rushed to the right side of the infantry formation, preparing to retreat into the camp from both sides of the formation.

Xiao Gan is worthy of being experienced in a hundred battles, his eyes are vicious, and he is bold and careful, he will never lead his troops to attack the Song army's infantry formation, seeing Wang Ji leading his troops to retreat from both sides of the formation, Xiao Gan keenly seized the opportunity and shouted: "Kill the past!" He took the lead and followed the Song army to rush to both sides of the formation. The two Liao armies immediately rushed to both sides of the Song army's large array like a tidal wave hitting the embankment.

Wu Zihou was eager to save people's hearts, and wanted Wang Ji not to disturb the big array and retreat to the camp from both sides, which was common sense, but the mistake was that he didn't expect the soldiers to bite Wang Ji's men and rush to both sides of the big array. The two sides of the formation are the most vulnerable places, and once exposed to the cavalry, it is equivalent to showing their weakness, and it is difficult to escape the danger of being attacked by the cavalry and killed by each of them.

Sure enough, the heavily guarded infantry saw that the Liao soldiers had rushed close to their ribs, and hurriedly turned their direction towards the Liao soldiers who were rapidly returning. It's just that the Liao soldiers and Wang Ji's subordinate cavalry fought together, and they didn't dare to shoot arrows at will. Until the Liao cavalry rushed to the side of the formation, the Song army was still a rat trap, and there was nowhere to start, seeing that the iron hooves of the Liao soldiers had stepped into their own big array.

(End of chapter)