As Zhao Ming and Zhao Zhishu led their men to jump into the river, there was no longer a resisting Song army on the north bank of the river. The large groups of Song troops dropped their weapons and gathered together under the command of the Liao soldiers.

With the sound of whimpering horns, the Liao cavalry began to pursue and kill the few Song soldiers on the north bank who did not surrender. Some of those Song soldiers resisted a few times, and they quickly disappeared as if the lights had exploded. There are many hiding in the fields, and some are running away as companions. These cavalrymen, who have grown up on horseback since childhood, rode fast horses in this field and galloped easily, killing these Song troops one by one. Just like when the Khitans hunted, they shot hares or elks that popped out of the grass. No matter how fast you run, you can't run as fast as a war horse. One by one, the Song soldiers screamed and fell in despair, like cattle and sheep tied up and waiting to be slaughtered, with no way to live.

There were also Song soldiers who were a little smarter, and when they saw that there was no way to live on the shore, they jumped into the water, imagining that they would run for their lives like the Song soldiers who fled back to the south bank just now. But now it is different from just now, just now when they entered the river, the Liao soldiers just shot two arrows indiscriminately, and the meaning of driving away and intimidating was even greater. If you don't shoot, you will be blessed with a great life; I was shot, and I had to think I was unlucky. Now that the Liao soldiers have the absolute upper hand, they no longer have any scruples and are about to kill. At this time, jumping into the water was just a different way of being slaughtered by the Liao army. He was slashed with a knife on the shore, and in the water, he was killed by an arrow as a target.

Those Song soldiers who had no way to retreat and stood in place and surrendered, were driven and concentrated on this shore, surrounded by several groups of Liao infantry in the center. Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi didn't come here until now. Neither of them dismounted, but after greeting each other, Xiao Gan asked: "Now that the Southern Dynasty army has been defeated, I don't know if Lin Ya has any plans?" ”

Yelu Dashi said with a smile: "This time it is all thanks to Xiao's secret scheme, I am just helping one or two, and I am willing to follow the privy council and defeat the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty again." ”

Xiao Gan smiled and said, "In this way, I will ask Lin Ya to cross the river and fight the Song army again." The Song army is newly defeated, the people's hearts are timid, the army is uncertain, and they will retreat to the border pass to protect themselves. ”

Yelu Dashi nodded and said, "What the privy councillor said is very true. In this case, the sooner the better, let the soldiers drink some mare's milk on their horses, chew some dried meat, and chase them down again. ”

Xiao Gan immediately ordered his subordinates: "All the cavalry units follow me to chase and kill the Song army, no one will get off the horse, and the horse will not stop!" Let's go now! ”

An infantry general hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What should we do with these surrendered troops?" ”

Xiao Gan coldly glanced at Song Bing, who was squatting on the ground, and only said, "Kill!" ”

The general hesitated and said: "In the past, these people were brought back to be slaves...... Xiao Gan snorted coldly and scolded: "You stupid person! At this time, Yanjing is troublesome, and recruiting so many subordinates will inevitably cause civil strife. Cut clean! After saying that, he and Yelu Dashi turned their horses' heads and ran along the bank of the Baigou River to the east. A large number of cavalry immediately mounted their horses and galloped away closely behind Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi.

The rest were all infantry of the Liao army, and with the order of the general who was scolded by Xiao Gan, these infantry soldiers slowly drew their bright knives......

The Baigou River, the boundary river of the past 100 years, is tumbling and flowing silently as in the past. It seems that such human tragedies have become commonplace.

The Song army was stationed on the south bank of the river for a short time and did not carefully explore the river, but the Liao army often rode south and penetrated deep into the Song realm, so they knew where the Baigou River could be crossed by horse and where there was a bridge. At that moment, the vanguard army led the way, and less than ten miles east from the river bank was an undulating mound. The low-lying part of the mound is a sharp bend in the river, the river surface on the west side of the sharp bend is only two zhang wide, and there is a stone bridge on the river surface, about five feet wide, which can accommodate two war horses galloping through. Since there are no villages nearby, and it is overgrown with weeds, it is difficult to find this small stone bridge that has been built for an unknown number of years without paying attention to searching.

Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi led two armies, horses and cavalry, totaling more than 10,000 people, through the small stone bridge, all the way to the west, to find the Song army that had fled to the south bank.

Fortunately, the Song army, which had crossed the river and escaped, saw the Liao cavalry of the brigade on the opposite bank galloping eastward, and was busy reporting to the seed master road. After hearing this, the seed master hurriedly asked the seed master to gather people and horses, and ordered someone to call Xin Xingzong, and said to the generals such as the seed master and Xin Xingzong: "The Liao people are galloping eastward, and there is bound to be a place to cross the river. The Liao army is cavalry, coming and going like the wind, we wait for today's army to lose heart, can not fight, here to Xiongzhou only forty miles, relying on the big city of Xiongzhou, in order to resist the enemy. ”

Xin Xingzong and the two of them nodded in agreement, today's battle, morale plummeted, and it will take a month or two before the soldiers can regain their morale. If it is chased by the Liao army now, with the current situation, it is the most favorable plain area for cavalry, and the outcome can be imagined.

Seed Master Dao ordered: "The whole army set off and retreated to Xiongzhou to prevent Liao thieves from attacking Xiongzhou." ”

Xin Xingzong should be a gift, and he understands in his heart that this is a kind of teacher's way to avoid the important and light, and he is thinking about reducing the responsibility. defeated, he only said that he would return to Baoxiongzhou to prevent the Liao people from sneaking attack; If the Liao army is repelled in Xiongzhou, it can be said that it is a timely return to defense, which can be said to be a credit.

For a while, the soldiers who had just climbed up from the river and had not yet breathed their breath to dry their clothes were urged by the command flag and trumpets to stand back in their own team and immediately march south.

Seed Master Dao inspected on the side of the road, and saw a team of Song Jun on the shore carrying the baggage to the car, Seed Master Dao sighed and said to the seed master: "Burn it." ”

The planter was flustered for a while, only to understand the meaning of the planter's way, looking at the neatly stacked stacks of arrows, blades, tarpaulins, tents, and his heart was really reluctant, and he wanted to say something, but the planter said again: "Burn it, cumbersome." If you don't burn it, it's another crime of being an enemy. ”

The planter nodded and said to a pro-soldier: "Order someone to burn all the baggage, grain and grass, and leave nothing behind!" ”

The pro-soldier said yes and went to give the order.

The seed master got on the horse at this time, and under the guard of his own soldiers, he leaned over and went south.

After a group of soldiers who had just escaped with their lives, they urgently received weapons and arrows—anyway, the weight of these weapons was about to be burned, and there was no more cumbersome process of receiving them—and they silently gathered together, and under the supervision of their generals, they threw off the endless long queue and set off for Xiongzhou.

I didn't eat, I was hungry, and my legs were even heavier when I walked, but no one wanted to stop. Just now, when someone reported the enemy's movements to the Seed Master, they, the lowest members of the army, already knew - whoever stayed, the fate would be the same as those surrendering troops on the north bank.

(End of chapter)