Naturally, the equestrian skills of the Yangshan Navy cannot be as good as that of the nomads who grew up on horseback.

If it weren't for the chaos created by the mines, Li Jun would never dare to sneak attack them.

Otherwise, once you are bitten by the enemy, you may have no return.

Now that the mines are all used up, Li Jun naturally no longer thinks about going to a frontal sneak attack, and he sets his sights on the spies sent by the tribe.

In order to prevent the enemy from suddenly inflicting casualties on their own tribes, each tribe sent spies to spread out from afar and keep on guard.

The cavalry spies of the Aote Department were mainly responsible for the reconnaissance of the front of the army, and one of the spies of the Aote was looking around about four or five miles in front of the army, wanting to see if there was any enemy whereabouts.

As he rode forward, the next second he was horrified to find that there had been no human figure in the grass at all in the previous second, and suddenly five straw men stood up, and what was even more terrifying was that the cold arrows in their hands were facing him.

How could there be an enemy, the place just now was the place I had just walked through. How did they get out of the ground?

It's an ambush!

By the time he reacted and wanted to escape, the bow in the opponent's hand had already loosened the bowstring.

In an instant, he was shot by three or four arrows, and without even the horn sounding, the spy fell off his horse with a scream.

Shooting this spy, Li Jun shouted: "Let's retreat!" ”

Li Jun led the people to spread out his steps, and galloped to a tree three hundred paces away, led his horse and ran.

When the other spies heard the noise and rushed over, they saw only the corpse lying on the ground with arrows stuck in it, and the wind dust rolling up in the distance.

In addition to this hapless spy, three other tribal spies were killed in the same way.

After receiving a report from his subordinates, he heard that four people had died in his tribe, but he didn't even catch any of them.

Angry, he directly picked up the horsewhip and shook the four corpses fiercely. "Rubbish! Four died, but they couldn't even catch each other! ”

It was not his person who died, and Xiao Taosu, the commander of Suzhou, calmly committed himself to looking at the corpses of those spies, and fell into deep thought.

He got up and said to Tsottu, "Look at the place where they hit the arrow, they should have been shot at close range." It seems that the enemy rushed to a close distance to shoot the arrow, but why did these spies die without even taking out their weapons? Could it be that these spies are blind and cannot even see the enemy who is only a few feet away? And why do these guys suddenly deal with our army's spies, because new weapons can only be used at close range, so we must first eradicate our spies before they can get close to us? Or is that weapon so hard to make, they don't have it anymore? ”

Xiao Taosu is good at this series of questions, and he can't answer any of them, "This ......"

Xiao Taosu said: "These Song soldiers are not the same as the Song soldiers we know, and they are acting very strangely, why don't we go back and repair them first, and find out the other party's situation before making plans?" ”

Nearly half of the food and supplies in the coalition army are now provided by their own tribes. Originally, they were driven out of the pasture, and their own tribe suffered great losses. If it drags on, all of your tribe's savings will be depleted.

"Maybe it's just like you said, the other side doesn't have that weapon, and he doesn't dare to attack our army again." We can only be harassed by killing spies, and we can scare our army in this way! ”

Just as Xiao Taosu was still trying to persuade him, suddenly a spy ran over and shouted: "Those Song troops suddenly turned around and marched in the direction of Shepherd City!" ”

Hearing this, he shouted excitedly: "Listen, those Song dogs are scared when they see that we have formed an alliance. They just want to take out all the weapons in the bottom chamber, and they want to scare us so that we can return safely. Once they retreat into the city, it will be even more difficult for us to defeat them with the weapons of their Song army. They must be intercepted, not allowed to flee back to the city! ”

Xiao Taosu heard it, although he still felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't find any problems, so he had to say: "It's better to be cautious!" ”

"Of course, spies can no longer be sent out alone, they must be in groups of three or five. Don't be left alone and killed by the enemy! He said.

"That's it!" Xiao Taosu said helplessly.

At the insistence of Tuo Tetu, the tribal alliance army continued to pursue Zhang Hengbu.

The Song army probably knew that the tribal alliance army was chasing after them, and they changed the cautious marching speed of the previous battalion, abandoned some daily clutter, and accelerated the marching speed.

But how can a two-legged one run over a four-legged one, and after a day of chasing, the tribal alliance army can catch up with the Song army in less than thirty miles.

At the foot of an unnamed mountain in the remnants of the Qianshan Mountain Range, Li Jun and his men had already arrived here early.

Li Jun asked, "Did you pass General Zhang?" ”

Han Sanding hurriedly replied, "It's passed!" ”

Li Jun asked: "How far is the Liao army from General Zhang's headquarters now?" ”

Han Sanding replied, "According to the report of the spies, it is less than twenty miles away!" ”

Li Jun nodded and said: "Very good, let your subordinates be ready, those things must be covered with branches and soil, and the enemy must not be discovered." Wait until the enemy steps in, and you ......"

Li Jun said, he suddenly saw Zhang Shun, who was guarding the sheep city, coming with a few people.

Li Jun was very puzzled and said, "Brother Zhang Shun, why did you come here if you didn't stay in Shepherd City?" ”

Zhang Shun looked at Li Jun grimly and said, "The marshal has an order, you follow me to see him!" ”

Hearing that Marshal Shi Jin was actually coming, he Li Jun was taken aback and hurriedly asked. "What! The marshals are here, where is he now? The enemy is coming, or you should go back and tell the marshal first, and then go to see him when I have defeated the enemy!" ”

Zhang Shun shook his head and said, "No need, the marshal is here to deal with these enemies, and he has brought a large army." You'd better go and see the marshal first! Otherwise, brother, I would have to offend! ”

Li Jun heard that even Zhang Shun said this, and knew that the matter was big. He had no choice but to run to see Marshal Shi Jin.

Shi Jin had already arrived with two thousand soldiers and horses, three miles away not far from Li Jun.

Seeing Li Jun coming with Zhang Shun, Shi Jin immediately shouted angrily: "Li Jun, you are so bold, who let you go and act at will?" Remember the orders I gave you? Don't stay in Shepherd City honestly? What do you do to provoke the people of those tribes? What is your sin? ”

Li Jun was a little dumbfounded, didn't he just follow the military order and stayed in Shepherd City. But Zhu Wu, who was in the military department, didn't expect that our navy would be so brave, and could easily take the sheep city, and also be able to go out of the city to fight those Liao troops.

The most important thing is that we have always won battles, so why are we being scolded in front of us now.

Li Jun said with some dissatisfaction: "Marshal, the city of Shepherd City can't accommodate so many soldiers and horses, not to mention that if the enemy attacks the city, it will only cause panic among the people." The last general took the initiative to attack, that is, to strike at the enemy, so that they could calmly surround the city. Now under the blow of our army, the enemy's morale is low, and the momentum of our Liangshan army has been greatly increased! What's more, as long as the last general is given a little more time, the last general can lead his troops to pacify this group of enemy troops. The last general will only make some operational adjustments according to the actual situation, and please ask the marshal to know clearly! ”

"You ruined my plan, and you dare to quibble, what a boldness!" Shi Jin shouted angrily.

Seeing that Li Jun was still unconvinced of his application, Shi Jin suppressed his anger and shouted: "Your so-called plan is nothing more than to provoke the enemy army, lure the enemy into being fooled, and then use fire to attack. But have you ever thought about it, sooner or later, this Suzhou is in the pocket of our army, if you all kill the young and strong people of these tribes, what is the use of this barren land? Who will graze and pay taxes for Ben Shuai? Is it your navy? Is your navy too bored with sailing and want to go ashore to plow the fields and graze? If so, Ben Shuai has met your requirements! Li Jun said, do you want to go ashore? ”

Li Jun was frightened and shouted, "No, marshal." Admiral stayed well in the navy and had no idea of going ashore to become a farmer! ”

Shi Jin shouted: "Since it's not, then you dare to disobey the military order, do you think that the commander will not dare to remove you?" ”

Seeing that Shi Jin was angry, Li Jun was scared.

Beating, confinement, although Li Jun felt uncomfortable, but he could bear it. What I am afraid of is that the marshal will push himself to the end in a fit of anger and demote himself from a general to a pawn.

In that way, how can I have the face to meet people in the future!

Li Jun was so frightened that he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will know his mistake!" ”

Shi Jin snorted and shouted: "You shout in your mouth that you know your mistakes, but you are not convinced in your heart. The art of war is cloudy: attack the heart first, attack the city below. Although the Liao State is a big country, most of it is a barbaric land, and there are many people who are not accustomed to kingship, and it is extremely difficult to subdue it. Moreover, the Liao army has always despised the Song army, and today you defeated them with trickery, although they were subdued for a while, they were still unconvinced. It is believed that our army can only defeat them by means of intrigue and trickery, and they will only fall for the trick if they are not careful. If we were a little more cautious, we could be defeated. When our army went north, they responded to the Liao State policy and rebelled. At that time, our army will be attacked by the enemy on the back, will it not be dangerous! If you want these barbarians to fear our army, you have to face them head-on and beat them in a battle. Let them fear our army, and when they hear the name of our army, they will be so frightened that they will retreat. I strictly order you to hold on to the city, just to wait for the arrival of my army, with the main soldiers, supplemented by Qi, to defeat the Liao army openly, so as to truly subdue them. When they are obedient, I will slowly persuade the farmers and teach the king's law, this is the way to govern the world! Now you're making assertions, and you're almost doing me a big deal. Li Jun, what should you be guilty of? ”

Hearing Shi Jin's explanation, Li Jun was completely convinced, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Marshal, the last general is ignorant and doesn't know the marshal's grand plans, so I implore the marshal to punish him!" ”

Zhu Wu was on the side, and when he saw Li Jun admit his mistake, he stood up and pleaded at this time: "Marshal, General Li and General Zhang also want to share the marshal's worries and solve problems, but they don't know the marshal's plan, so they will disobey the military order." And ask the marshal to forgive their sins for the sake of their conquest of the shepherd city and the hard work they have not had for days! ”

Although Zhang Shun was unhappy with the eldest brother Zhang Heng's decision to let him defend the city, he was the eldest brother in the end. If Li Jundu was punished, Zhang Heng would naturally not be exempted.

Zhang Shun immediately stepped forward to plead with Shi Jin.

Li Jun knows how to contact the feelings of many brothers, and he also has a good relationship with many brothers on weekdays.

Lu Zhishen and the others were also busy interceding for him at this time.

Shi Jin didn't think about punishing Li Jun and Zhang Heng heavily, but it was because they dared not to obey military orders, if they didn't come to dismount, I was afraid that in the future, everyone would learn the same way, and how would they manage their subordinates.

It's hard to be a boss!

If the management is strict and everything is obeyed, the subordinates will have less initiative, and may even cause the use of fighters, but because the military law does not dare to act rashly, the opportunity will be missed.

However, if the management is lax and there is grace but no authority, no matter how great the reward is, it is easy for subordinates to breed arrogance and recklessness and disobedience to transfer.

Strict and loose is the way of management. As for that degree, you can only grasp it yourself!

Now seeing that Li Jun has softened, Zhu Wu and they have interceded again, Shi Jin saw that the heat was almost the same, so he borrowed the slope to get down the donkey and shouted: "Originally, you disobeyed the military order, and the commander should be severely punished, seeing that you captured the shepherd city and won the first merit for our army to attack the Liao State, plus everyone interceded for you, this time the commander will let you go for the time being." But you don't have to think about the previous merits, it can be regarded as offsetting the merits. If you commit it again in the future, you will be severely punished! Do you hear that? ”

Seeing that Shi Jin did not continue to investigate, the big stone in Li Jun's heart also fell to the ground, and he hurriedly shouted at Shi Jin respectfully: "Marshal Xie!" ”

After Shi Jin dealt with the matter of Li Jun and Zhang Heng, he asked, "How far is the enemy army from our army now?" ”

Zhu Wu replied: "Back to Marshal, in less than half a day, they will be able to arrive!" ”

Shi Jin nodded and said, "In this case, the order is for Zhang Heng to speed up and line up on the left flank of our army." This time, our army will not play conspiracy and trickery, but will defeat them head-on, so that when they hear the name of our army, they will be afraid like tigers! ”

When the many generals present heard this, they enthusiastically coaxed in unison: "Get the order!" ”

As the herald rode quickly to Zhang Hengjun, after conveying the marshal's order.

Zhang Heng immediately drank and ordered the whole army to speed up.

Zhang Hengbu suddenly sped up, which made Zhen Tezhuo Tu and Xiao Taosu have the illusion that Zhang Heng was really going to escape.

I kept running for Zhang Hengbu, and now it was finally the enemy's turn to escape. The morale of the tribal allies was immediately boosted, and the Te Zhuotu even raised his horsewhip and shouted: "Chase quickly, you must not let them run!" ”

The tribal army, which had been chasing Zhang Heng at a high speed, also let go of the horse's hooves at this time and accelerated to catch up.

Just as he was excitedly thinking that when he caught up with those Song dogs, he must let them see the true strength of the warriors of the T tribe.

He wants to use the head of the enemy leader to warn everyone that the tribe will not be violated by anyone!

Just when the tribal army was chasing Zhang Hengbu for less than five miles, the spies who had been exploring the way in front ran back quickly.

Immediately, he shouted urgently: "The leader is not good, another Song army has appeared ten miles ahead, and the number is about two thousand." The Song army, which had fled before, was also preparing to line up to meet our army! ”

Hearing the spy's message, he was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.

The previous Song army forced the warriors of all the tribes in Suzhou to gather together to deal with more than 1,000 people. Now there are more than 2,000 people, how can this be fought?

When he was about to order the withdrawal of troops, Xiao Taosu was very puzzled.

Before, these Song troops were all erratic, making it difficult for people to find out their whereabouts, how could they easily appear now. And the Song army that fled is not running away now, and it has to face our army?

Xiao Taosu, who was full of questions, asked: "How did you find out about that group of Song troops, can you see that group of Song troops, how many archers are in their army?" ”

The spy hurriedly replied, "Those Song troops have been waiting on the right path in the morning, and I have seen from a distance that their army is dominated by swords and spearmen, and there are no archers. But there were three or four hundred cavalry! ”

Hearing that the newly emerged Song army had no archers, only swords and spearmen, the leaders of several tribes such as Xiao Taosuzhen and Zhuotu were relieved.

As long as it is not an archer, the swords and spearmen of the Song army, they are not afraid, and as for the cavalry, in their opinion, it is even more negligible.

Xiao Taosu opened his mouth and said: "This group of Song troops looks like reinforcements, and they should be here to respond." ”

He shouted, "The arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent." What's more, if you withdraw your troops like this, I'm afraid it will hurt morale. I'm going to have to test them! If we can't beat us, what if we retreat? ”

Xiao Taosu nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, only after fighting can you know the true strength of the enemy!" ”

Seeing that Xiao Taosu agreed with his opinion, he immediately shouted: "Keep going!" ”

In less than two hours, the tribal allies were killed five hundred steps away from the Liangshan army.

He stretched out his hand to stop the advance of the troops, first, to let the war horse recover its strength, so that it could have more strength to charge. The second is to observe the situation of the enemy's troops.

The tribal leaders of Zhuotu and Xiao Taosu all looked at the Liangshan army from afar, and sure enough, as the spies said, the new Song army soldiers did not have archers, they were all swordsmen and cavalry.

Standing at the forefront were heavily armored soldiers, all covered in armor, and numbering about three to five hundred.

Behind were pikemen of more than a thousand people, lightly leather armor.

Looking at the new Song army, it looked very powerful, but the allied soldiers of the tribe didn't care.

What about the heavy armor soldiers, they haven't killed them.

He took out the hammer cone and shield from the back of the horse, and roared: "Charge! Rushing over, these Song dogs are a bunch of lambs to be slaughtered! Rush! ”

As the order was given, the tribal allied warriors slammed their horses, and the war horses suddenly ran forward slowly.

Running and running, the horses ran more and more until they ran away completely. The tribal allies formed a cone and rushed towards the Liangshan army in a tacit understanding.

Seeing the enemy rushing over, Shi Jin suddenly shouted: "Open the cannon!" ”