"Weak man," Liang Zimei looked at Zhong Fu, "Do you mean that the Liao people have retreated?" ”

"Retreat!" Zhong Fu said, "When Xia Guan came over with a large army, there were only more than a thousand light cavalry of the Han army of the Liao State watching. *with* dream *little* say .lā now even they are gone! If I'm not mistaken, they should be the palace army of the Liao people. ”

"Is your scout reliable?"

Liang Zimei still doesn't believe it. The scout is hard to probe or something, and he has a lot of subordinates to appease him. But these days, I still can't find out any news? And someone also made a small report to him, saying that the scouts who sent out the city were fooling things, and they would be considered to have reconnoitred after a few laps along the moat. However, Liang Zimei did not punish them, because he knew that if these scouts really went away, most of them would die.

"Reliable, how can it not be reliable?" Zhong Fu said with a smile, "They are all hard hands from the Western Army, and they usually serve as a certain guard, and their food and clothing are excellent. ”

That's right, too! Zhong Fu was born in the Western Army, and there is no shortage of good players around him!

Liang Zimei breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then send a few battalions to recover Wangdu, Beiping, and Tang County, and let's listen to the good news in the state city." ”

Zhong Fu is really a little crying and laughing, how can Liang Zimei say that he is also a handsome minister all the way, and his courage is too small, right?

"University scholar, the will of the official family is to let the soldiers of the five generals go out of the city for a decisive battle." Zhong Fu still shook his head, "And Wu Haogu is in Wuqing County step by step, and now he is about to take Wuqing County." Although Wuqing is only a county, in terms of importance, it is far more important than Dingzhou! If Wuqing is taken by Wu Haogu, the city of Xijin Mansion will be completely exposed to Wu Haogu's soldiers. Therefore, the Liao lord will definitely concentrate his forces on the Wuqing battlefield, and the Liao Nanjing Daohan Army in Dingzhou will be transferred to guard his hometown. ”

The analysis is the first thing, but unfortunately there is no strong intelligence gathering ability to confirm Zhong Fu's analysis. This is the problem of not having light cavalry, the eyes are black, and the battle is all about guessing.

Liang Zimei was already a little persuaded by Zhong Fu, "Weak, is it really foolproof?" ”

"Foolproof!" Zhong Fu said, "And the official family also gave the "Step by Step for the Battalion Map", as long as you act according to the map, step by step for the battalion, even if there are tens of thousands of Khitan iron cavalry, there is no way to deal with the new army of four or five generals. ”

"Step by step"? Is it a formation diagram? Liang Zimei said: It seems that the formation of the Son of Heaven in this dynasty is rarely reliable!

"Dingzhou is a critical place after all," Liang Zimei said, "a general of the garrison must stay." The old man gave you two generals, plus the two generals you brought with the weak man, a total of four generals are enough? ”

He didn't dare to give all the soldiers in his hand to Zhong Fu, otherwise there would be no one to protect him and flee for his life.

"Enough, enough!"

Zhong Fu nodded in satisfaction. "With the formation map personally taught by the official, this battle will definitely be a complete victory!"

In fact, he didn't want to fight any decisive battle with the Liao army at all - with Zhao Ji's "Step by Step for the Battalion" "Protection", he walked 25 miles a day, and no one dared to say that he was delaying the military plane. As long as you can take it step by step, you can send the Liao people out of the country. A credit is always indispensable!

Zhong Fu thought about it, and when he coaxed the official family to make Long Yan happy, he proposed to transfer the cultural resources, and he would no longer be this trembling military officer.

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"Brother Zhong, Brother Wu'er, two cavalry generals, two infantry generals, as well as 2,000 Wuqing light cavalry and 20,000 people, are all handed over to you, don't lose anything!"

At the same time, Wu Haogu was also preparing to send troops. This time, he did not come to the battle formation in person, but handed over the old book in his hand to Brother Zhao Zhongge and Murong Parrot. A total of 2 dissatisfied cavalry generals (6,000 regular soldiers, 6,200 auxiliary soldiers, including 2 100-man ballista teams), 2 full infantry generals (10,000 regular soldiers, 6,000 auxiliary soldiers, including 2 500-man engineer battalions), 2,000 Wuqing light cavalry (including auxiliary soldiers) and 20,000 temporarily mobilized armed construction workers who originally belonged to the Jiehe Construction Company. Coupled with the personal followers who followed Zhao Zhongge and Murong Parrot, the total strength was as many as 51,000 people!

In addition, most of the middle-level and lower-level officers who led the troops were professional officers of the Yuntai Department, and some were simply fake sons of Wu Haogu.

It can be said that this force is the military foundation of Wu Haogu. If he doesn't fight, he'll be in big trouble!

"Xuan Shuai, don't worry! Ahem...... Brother Zhong and Fifth Brother are both veteran soldiers, and they also have a trunk to assist, so there will never be a mistake. ”

It was Murong who was talking, the old man had recently fallen ill, his face was sallow, he was on crutches, and he couldn't stop coughing.

He was originally raised in a house in Jiehe Merchant City. Because Huang Zhisheng took 20,000 construction workers on the expedition, there was a lot of movement, so he followed the ship to Zhaojiabao.

"That's what the old gentleman said!" Wu Haogu nodded, and looked at Huang Zhisheng again, "Shilang, the Hejian camp is all up to you!" This big camp doesn't take months, maybe it will take years! So you have to build it solid...... First use rammed earth, and when the warm water rises in the spring of the next year, it will be wrapped with masonry. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to flood control, and do not let the Khitan people attack with water. ”

The Hejian camp was used to trap Yanjing City, first as a stronghold, and then relying on this stronghold to build a besieged long trench.

At the same time, Wu Haogu will also carry out united front work! Repairing the camp outside the city of Xijin Mansion and slowly digging a long trench is the full sincerity of the people of the Great Song Dynasty! The Yandi heroes in the city of Xijin Mansion have all returned to the right path of a peach blossom stone......

Of course, this process is bound to be extremely difficult. Because for Liao, Yanjing City is by no means a dispensable territory, but the key to the survival of the country!

Losing Yanjing, the Khitans lost their prestige in commanding the desert grassland, black water and white mountains!

And there has never been a shortage of all kinds of "daring" in the north, and when the time comes, the swarm will rise, not to mention that Yelu Yanxi wants to pounce, that is, to change the Abao machine, in the face of a group of Khitan people who eat fasting and chant Buddha, it is estimated that they are helpless.

"Xuan Shuai rest assured," Huang Zhisheng smiled, "There are many first-class capitalists and masters in the world under a certain subordinate, and the Jiehe Commercial Market was built by them." Can a big battalion still be able to live in them? ”

"Good!" Wu Haogu smiled and threw his hand at Brother Zhao Zhongge, Murong Parrot, and Huang Zhisheng, "Then please three of you!" The three of us not only shoulder the future of our Jiehe Commercial Market, but also the future of Yandi, but also the whole world! ”

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The sound of horses' hooves rumbled like thunder. Thousands of iron horsemen just walked in front of Yelu Yanxi, the son of the Great Liao.

Behind them, countless black banners rolled up, followed by endless cavalry footmen. The main force led by the Emperor of the Great Liao finally entered the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Behind Yelu Yanxi, in addition to the regular soldiers and auxiliaries of the Khitan Palace, there were also Jingzhou soldiers mobilized from Zhuozhou and Yizhou. There are more than 50,000 foot cavalry, and the military resources have been exhausted to loot the local tyrants in Zhuo and Yi Erzhou, and they have also gathered enough to supply the army for more than a month.

However, these military funds are only just in case, and no one will think that after entering the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, they will not be able to hit the grass valley.

Therefore, every soldier of the Liao army had a beaming face, and he moved forward happily in the sound of golden drums. Only Yelu Yanxi's brows were always furrowed, and there was even more sorrow on his face. Because he knows very well that the Liao State is now facing a huge crisis! This battle is to promote peace, and if it can be successful, Daliao can still turn the crisis into peace. If it fails, then this empire, which was once a powerful empire, will have to struggle to survive.

At the front of the team, dozens of fast horses rushed over, and the first knight was Xiao Fengxian, Yelu Yanxi's most trusted uncle.

Now Yelu Yanxi's army has entered the territory of the Guangxin army of the Song State. Although the Guangxin Army is a military state-level organization, the territory under its jurisdiction is very small, much smaller than Qingchi County in Cangzhou and Wuqing County in Liao. And the already small territory, except for the small Suicheng Castle that is still in the hands of the Song army, the rest is the land where the war horses of the Liao State gallop.

The situation was similar between the Ansu army and the northern part of Baozhou, which were adjacent to the Guangxin army, and the Song army only held a few castle fortresses, and most of the area was controlled by the cavalry commanded by Xiao Fengxian.

Da Liao's bow horses are still invincible! As long as you don't meet the Iron Rider of the Upper Boundary River, oh, there will be a Female True Iron Rider in the future.

"Your Majesty, Ma stayed in Dingzhou and gained a lot, and now the main force of the Han army has carried supplies, driven away the young and strong of the Song State, and retreated past Anyangkoupu. Ma Liushou himself personally led the elite soldiers to the palace, and slowly retreated, attracting the Song army to the north! ”

"Song Jun was fooled?" Yelu Yanxi asked.

"About 20,000 Song troops have left Dingzhou City. However, they marched slowly, only 25 miles a day. And every time they went to a place, they had to spend two or three hours building fortifications and digging trenches. ”

How can you be virtuous with the Song army on Wuqing's side?

Yelu Yanxi chuckled in his heart, he was about to be tossed out of his psychological shadow by Wu Haogu's iron cavalry and fortification tactics.

"Can those Song troops fight? Are there any armored riders? ”

Xiao Fengxian was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Back to Your Majesty, those Song troops don't look elite, and they are quite chaotic on the way. It's just good at building fortifications...... As for the armored cavalry, I have not seen it. ”

OK...... No, it's not good. If Xiao Fengxian and Ma Renwang's soldiers and horses had not seen the armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty, it meant that those thousands of feared cavalry were still on the battlefield in Wuqing County.

Can Xiao Bao bear it first?

"Fengxian," Yelu Yanxi retracted his thoughts and asked, "How are you going to fight?" ”

"Return to Your Majesty," Xiao Fengxian said, "The minister is ready to rush to meet His Majesty, and then go straight to Dingzhou, besiege and attack, force the 20,000 people out of Dingzhou City to come back to help, and annihilate them on the way!" Finally, concentrate on breaking Dingzhou! ”

"Good!"

Yelu Yanxi laughed, Xiao Fengxian is really good at fighting! It's a good strategy, it's foolproof! There are 50,000 people in his own house, Xiao Feng has 30,000 people first, and Ma Renwang has 36,000 soldiers and horses. Three combined troops are 116,000 men!

With so many soldiers and horses eating the 20,000 people of the Song army outside the city, what is so difficult about taking Dingzhou City?

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Chapter 1030 Invincible Bow Horse VS Iron Cavalry Charge - Jin Zhu Laiye

"Zhong Xuanshuai, there is Anyangkou shop ahead!"

Chuanqi Fei also came to Zhong Fu's horse. He is now heading north with four generals. They set out from Dingzhou, first recovered the county town of Beiping and Beiping Village, which had been looted by the Liao, and then turned northwest, and followed the retreating Liao army all the way to the vicinity of Anyang Koupu.

It's only a hundred and seventy miles, and it takes seven days! The average day's march is less than 25 miles, which is really a snail's speed. Moreover, they also built fortresses and camps along the way, and tired a cadre of soldiers and civilians enough. If it weren't for Zhong Fuzhen's iron-blooded wrists, the troops might have mutinied.

Of course, they are not without comfortable days. The two days that the army was stationed in Beiping County and Beiping Village were quite comfortable. Rest early, and you can still live in the empty houses of the common people. When leaving, Zhong Fu also set up a department in each of the two cities - Beiping Village and Beiping County are facing Baozhou, and the Liao army in Baozhou has not dispersed yet! Zhong Fu was also going to put his flank and suddenly be attacked.

After leaving two divisions, the remaining nearly 18,000 men (including regular soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and civilian soldiers) continued to move northward at a rapid pace, following an unknown number of Liao troops.

Because now it is to go north to chase the enemy, not to rush to Dingzhou, which is "under siege", to die. So the morale is also rising, especially when there is no battle along the way, but it is slowly chasing, and it is called "acting according to the official family formation", and the big guy gradually does not feel how hard it is to be tired and tired to repair the camp - no, it is so difficult that he wants to rush to fight to the death with the Liao army day and night? So now the closer to Dingbei Sankou, the higher everyone's morale will be, and the sound of the horn is like a sound.

"The new Xuan Shuai Guo is a good guy!"

"Yes, a military feat is indispensable, and you can get some rewards again and become an official, right?"

"As long as you don't fight a decisive battle with the Liao soldiers! The Liao soldiers are like fierce gods, how can they fight? ”

"I heard that the Liao soldiers suffered a loss in Jiehe Shang City, and sent hundreds of armor heads, and many prisoners......"

"It must be a good kill...... The gang of profiteers in Jiehe can fight, and my surname is written upside down! ”

"What are you reading upside down?"

"How do I know? I can't write ......."

Listening to the soldiers around him telling jokes, Zhong Fu, who was marching on horseback, couldn't help laughing. He is also in a good mood now, and Anyang Koupu is right in front of him!

He smiled and asked the horseman: "How many enemy troops are guarding Anyang Koupu?" ”

Chuanqi just saluted back on his horse: "Back to Xuanshuai, Anyang Koupu has been abandoned by the Liao, and there is no soldier to guard it." ”

Zhong Fu smiled and waved his hand to let the cavalry go down to receive the reward, and turned his head and ordered: "The cavalry of the first and second generals of the Zhending Road will attack, first take down the Anyang Koupu, and then carefully deploy the defenses and wait for the army."

If Anyangkoupu is won, there is no need to build a camp today, take an extra trip, and go to Anyangkoupu to rest in the village. ”

The generals next to him all laughed, and the hard days of walking at a slow pace every day and spending two or three hours repairing the camp had finally come to an end.

Wait for the Anyang Koupu to be won, and then there will be two more openings, and after they are all taken down, everything will be fine!

The big guy was about to say a few kind words about the flowers, when suddenly there was the sound of a horse's hooves hitting the ground, not from the front, but from the back.

Zhong Fu subconsciously looked back, only to see a few knights in leather armor rushing towards him. Zhong Fu's personal guards rushed up, stopped the knights in armor, and asked a few questions, and one of them led a knight in armor to Zhong Fu.

"Xuan Shuai, Xiaodi is the general of the first part of the fourth general of Dingzhou Road......"

Zhong Fu didn't know much about the generals on Dingzhou Road, and as soon as he heard that person sign up, he remembered that this person was not the general he sent to guard Beipingzhai a few days ago? Why didn't he guard it well, and came to see him alone? And he was wearing armor, and he looked like he had just come down from the battlefield!

"Report, report to Xuanshuai! North, Beiping Village is lost! My brothers are dead, and they are fleeing......"

The subordinate first fell to his knees, and then wept and reported a news that almost caused Zhong Fu to fall off his horse.

"What!? What did you say? ”

"Beiping Village is lost! It was the Liao lord who personally led the troops, at least tens of thousands of soldiers, all over the mountains! There will be only seven or eight hundred men in the end......"

"Count, tens of thousands of troops!?" Zhong Fu's eyes widened, "Nonsense! If there are tens of thousands of captives, how can you escape here? ”

"Back to Xuanshuai, it was Beiyu who deliberately let go of the north gate of Beiping Village, so the last general could escape from ......"

Why does it sound more and more like it's true!?

"Someone," Zhong Fu shouted, "Escort him up!"

Send the best scouts to Beiping Village and Beiping County!

In addition, the whole army is speeding up, and it is necessary to rush to Anyangkou to lay down the village within two hours! ”

In the face of the crisis, Zhong Fu's first thought was to save the 18,000 soldiers and horses under his command. So he urged the whole army and rushed to Anyangkoupu, which was in danger to defend. Prepare to set up a hard village there and fight to the death with the Liao soldiers led by Yelu Yanxi.

I have to say that Zhong Fu's battlefield reaction was still very fast, and he made the most correct choice at the first time. However, Yelu Yanxi's goal today is not his 18,000 men, but the city of Dingzhou, which is only guarded by more than 2,000 soldiers and thousands of regiments of auxiliaries trained by the militia!

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The news that the Liao army was approaching the city of Dingzhou also reached Liang Zimei for the first time.

After Zhong Fu left Dingzhou City with the main force, Liang Zimei was a little restless. He had four generals around him before, and they were all scared. Now there is only one general, more than 2,000 soldiers, how can you order men and horses, can you not be afraid? Therefore, after Zhong Fu left with his troops, he also immediately sent scouts to carefully investigate the northeast and northwest sides of Dingzhou City.

So I learned the news of the approaching army of Liao for the first time!

"Bachelor, scholar! The county seat of Beiping was broken by the Liao Soldier Brigade! The Liao Soldier Brigade is attacking Dingzhou City! ”

The bad news was brought to Liang Zimei by Ma Yong, the capital of Dingzhou Road.

"Liao Soldier Brigade? How can there be a Liao soldier brigade? How many people are there? What about Zhong Fu? Didn't he take 20,000 horses with him? Why not fight? ”

Liang Zimei suddenly became a little confused. Now he doesn't have much combat power in his hands, and he really wants to defend the city, that is, he can barely stand on the wall of Dingzhou.

"University scholar, the lower officials don't know what's going on? However, it is absolutely true that the county seat of Beiping was attacked by the Liao soldiers! The Liao Soldier Brigade is attacking Dingzhou, and it is also true! ”

"So, how is that good?" Liang Zimei asked.

"Scholar, there are not enough troops in the city!" Ma Yong said urgently, "If you want to hold on, you must mobilize the people, and every family must go to the city!" ”

"Let the people go to the city?" Liang Zimei glanced at Ma Yong angrily, "Do you have any weapons?" You don't know how many bows, how many arrows, how many guns, how many knives are in the treasury of the pacification envoys? ”

"This ......"

There really aren't many weapons! This side of Dingzhou Road has been comfortable for a hundred years, and the armament has long been relaxed. Although Wu Haogu became the Xuanfu of Hebei, I don't know how many orders were given to prepare military strength and reserve military funds everywhere. But who listens? Wu Haogu's Hebei Xuanfu envoy does not govern the Dingzhou Road pacification envoy, who will listen to him?

And even if you have a weapon, few people will use it! It's not that there are no strong men in Hebei who can wield bows and wield swords, but most of the gentry and gentry families gathered in Dingzhou City now are all over Dingzhou Road. If you want to take the exam and solve the test to make a fuss, there are a lot of good players who have to fight...... That's thinking too much.

"Hurry up, quickly send someone to tell the people to flee, and they all flee to Zhending Mansion!" Liang Zimei said, "The pontoon bridge on the Tang River should also be burned quickly, so that it can somewhat block the Liao people for a while!" ”

"Okay, the lower official will arrange ......" Ma Yong turned his head and left, only to get to the door, suddenly turned back again, and asked Liang Zimei, "When are you leaving?" ”

"Me? Look again, look again...... Let's wait until the Liao people reach the other side of the Tang River. ”

The Tang River is the last danger outside Dingzhou City, and the wooden bridge on the river has long been burned, but Zhong Fu built a pontoon bridge when he sent troops. Now we have to burn it quickly, so that at least we can buy a little time for the people in Dingzhou City to escape.

In addition, there is a long river in the south of Dingzhou City, and there is also a pontoon bridge on the water surface of the long river. As long as the people and defenders in the city crossed the Changliang River and two rivers blocked it, Yelu Yanxi's army would not be able to pass in two days. With these two days, the big guy will be able to escape the Sand River, and if you go faster, you will be able to cross the Mudao River and Zishui. In this way, it is not far from Zhending Mansion City......

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"Privy, privy! At least 50,000 troops! It's to pounce on Xijin Mansion! We have to hurry back to help, or we will go......"

When the Dingzhou Road in the Great Song Dynasty was in full emergency, Xiao Baoxian, who stayed in Wuqing County and dealt with Wuhao Gu, also encountered a major crisis.

The 50,000 Song troops bypassed Xiaojiabao, which was only one river away from Wuqing County, last night, and then went north along the Sanggan River to attack Jinfu City!

Of course, the city of Xijin is strong, but now there are only 5,000 Khitan soldiers in the city who can be relied on, and there are more than 200,000 Han people, God knows where they are standing? Who doesn't know that the Haoqiang who can count the number one in Yandi have invested in Jiehe Commercial City!

It is true that Yelu Yanxi is their monarch, but Wu Haogu is their gold master!

For Wu Haogu, it is also a great deal to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy Xijin Mansion City...... If Xiao Baoxian was not a Khitan descendant who received the emperor's favor (the Xi people and the Khitan people were basically integrated at this time), he would have wanted to sell the city of Xijin Mansion to Wu Haogu.

"Hurry up, gather the people," Xiao Baoxian's face turned pale, and his voice trembled and ordered, "Let's hurry back to the city of Jinfu!" ”