Chapter 273: Night Attack on Fan Village
Fan Village, where the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the middle route is located, is also the headquarters and rear of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Grain, grass and baggage are all gathered here, which can be described as an important place for the Northern Expeditionary Army, so Zhao Hao asked Yang Weizhong and Liao Yanqing and others to garrison Langoudian, in order to prevent the Liao army from entering from Langoudian, entering the Song Land, and raiding Fan Village.
Even if Liao Yanqing was in front of him, Zhao Hao still didn't dare to slack off at all, not only stationed 20,000 Jingshi forbidden troops here, but also left 3,000 elite Jinyi guards here.
When Zhao Hao went to visit the Baigou River camp, he made Wang Yu, the former general of the Western Army, the deputy commander, fully responsible for the defense of this place. Wang Yuguan went to Wuzhou to observe the envoy, and he was the official rank of the fifth grade, but he was not Zhao Hao's confidant, but he was only the person in charge on the surface. Secretly, Zhao Hao ordered all the Jinyi guards to listen to Wu Yong and Lu Junyi's moderation, if there is an emergency, they can call the shots cheaply, and they don't have to listen to Wang Yu's orders, after all, Jinyi Wei is his henchman.
Around the camp, the fence is heavy, the horses are surrounded by horses, and in the camp for several miles, the fighting is strict, the watchtowers are lined up, and groups of soldiers are patrolling back and forth.
Around the camp, within a radius of several miles, there were scouts and cavalry back and forth, scouting the enemy's situation to prevent sneak attacks.
Knock da~
A horse galloped from the north, ran to the outside of the gate, and shouted loudly: "Langoudian urgent!" ”
The guard at the gate recognized the man as the Left Army, and immediately withdrew, letting the reprimands enter. The rebuke galloped all the way along the way, and went straight to the vicinity of the big tent of the Chinese army, then he stood on his horse, turned over and dismounted, and asked in a loud voice: "The lord of the capital is here, and Langoudian is in a hurry!" ”
The soldier of the guard said: "The Lord of the Metropolitan Command has gone to the Baigou River early in the morning!" ”
As soon as he heard this, when he turned over and got on his horse again, and was just about to leave, he saw that Wang Yu, Lu Junyi, Wu Yong, and the generals of the forbidden army of the Beijing Division were about to return to the big tent, so they dismounted and went forward to greet him.
"What's so urgent?" Wang Yu asked.
The rebuke hurriedly said: "The left road and the general did not listen to the general's orders, led 8,000 soldiers out of Langoudian, and met Xiao Gan, the king of Liaogou, who led 3,000 big tent room troops, and was defeated by Liaogou, with countless casualties, and I came to report to the lord of the capital!" ”
Wang Yu's face became extremely solemn, and he nodded and said, "Lord Du Commander has gone to Baigou River, you can go over there." ”
He rebuked the promise, got on his horse, and whipped the horse away.
Wang Yu looked at the back of the repulsor, shook his head, smiled bitterly, and did not speak.
He knew in his heart that this peace was really planted, and it was an unforgivable sin not to listen to the orders of the generals, not to mention the loss of soldiers......
"Not good!" Wu Yong on the side suddenly exclaimed.
Wang Yu turned his head suspiciously, and looked at Wu Yong with a puzzled face.
He didn't have a special impression of these generals who were born in the grass, but he also knew that the entire Jinyi Guards were the henchmen of the Duke of Longde County, and it was not a good thing for him to offend the Jinyi Guard. After all, even the powerful Tong Shuxiang obeyed the words of the Duke of Longde County, how could he, a small five-grade observer, dare to provoke the people around the Duke of Longde County?
But I heard Wu Yong say: "I'm afraid that Liao Dog will attack the camp tonight!" ”
Wang Yu was shocked and asked, "How do you know?" ”
Wu Yongdao: "He and the general originally acted without authorization, and the Liao people would not know in advance, so the encounter at the exit of Langoudian must be a chance encounter." However, the main force of our army is in the Baigou River in the east, why did Xiao Gan lead 3,000 elite cavalry to the west? It must be known that there are 40,000 heavy soldiers guarding Langoudian, and the ditches are vertical and horizontal, and Xiao Gan must not want to go to Langoudian. All the way to the west are blocked by Yanshan, the next exit is hundreds of miles away from the Guangxin army, now the war is imminent, Xiao Gan led 3,000 horses to the Guangxin army is obviously not in line with common sense. In this way, there is only one possibility......"
Wang Yu showed a thoughtful look in his eyes and said, "Go on." ”
Wu Yong said slowly: "It must be that in addition to Langoudian, not far away, there is also a valley nearby, which can cross Yanshan and reach the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, and it will not be more than fifty miles away from here." In this way, the Liao iron cavalry can take advantage of the night to sneak attack Fan Village, kill me by surprise, and then burn the grain and grass again, then our army will be defeated without a fight! ”
Wang Yu's expression changed, and he thought about it for a long time, his personality was calm, unlike He Shu and others who were impatient and greedy, and nodded at the moment: "Since this is the case, you must be on guard." ”
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The night is late, and the late autumn night is cold everywhere.
In the woods a few miles away from the camp, more than 3,000 horses and cats crawled in the jungle, people holding and horses picking bells, motionless.
Xiao Gan, who was full of majesty, stood with his knife in his hand, with endless killing opportunities in his eyes, and looked coldly at the brightly lit camp in the distance.
In the field of vision, the camp of Song Junfan Village was quiet.
At the gate, the lights were bright, and Xiao Gan could even see that the enemy guards at the camp gate were yawning boredly.
"The southerners, as expected, are all sluggish wastes, just thinking that there are military horses guarding Langoudian in front, everything will be fine, and they are defenseless."
A sarcastic sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, and on the back of Xiao Gan's hand clenching the battle knife, green tendons protruded, and a trace of arrogance and murderous aura surged on his hideous face.
In the heyday of the Great Liao, but after receiving 300,000 coins from the Liao people, they did not fight for a hundred years, so that the Song people comfortably spent a hundred years of prosperity like a dream.
Tonight, we must teach the southerners a good lesson, and let the southerners know that even a sick tiger can eat people!
Xiao Gan's eyes were about to erupt with fire.
A wisp of dark clouds obscured the moon, and the night was like a splash of ink.
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and when you kill people and set fires, the timing is just right.
Xiao Gan turned over and got on his horse, pointed his long knife forward, and shouted: "Follow this king into the Song camp, level the Song thieves, and strengthen my Great Liao army!" ”
The words fell, Xiao Gan grabbed the belly of the horse, and rode out of the woods.
Thousands of large tent room troops in the creeping bushes turned over their horses one after another, rushed out of the woods, followed Xiao Gan, and slaughtered the Song army camp with great momentum.
Thundered~
The smoke and dust were billowing and the hooves were like thunder, and the three thousand Liao troops were like broken bamboos, and they were killed at the camp gate in a blink of an eye.
The Song soldiers on duty were shocked, abandoned the camp gate one after another, scattered and fled, and the Liao army's iron cavalry broke through the camp without much effort.
Xiao Gan even held the sword in his hand high, taking the lead, riding like the wind, and rushing straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.
Fang Zi rushed out more than twenty steps, and Xiao Gan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Looking around, all the way through the road were empty tents, and there was no shadow of half an enemy at all, as if it was an empty camp.
"Even if the enemy army is caught off guard by me, there should be soldiers fleeing in panic, why is it that except for the soldiers at the camp gate, there is no half of a figure?"
A wisp of ominous premonition surged into Xiao Gan's heart, and he vaguely realized that he might have been tricked.
At this moment, Xiao Gan couldn't care much, and immediately turned around and shouted: "Light the fire, burn all the way over, and burn it all the way to the rear baggage camp and grain depot!" ”
Knock knock~
Xiao Gan's voice did not fall, and he listened to the surroundings of the camp, and the drums sounded loudly.
With the sound of rumbling drums, countless figures appeared from the darkness, like ghost soldiers from the underworld, rushing towards the Liao army that rushed into the camp from all directions.
"I traveled through a hundred miles of land and sneaked in from the uninhabited mountain road of Yanshan, how did the southerners know that I attacked the camp tonight?"
Xiao Gan was shocked, with an incredible look on his face, looking at the Song army that was gradually surging.
Wang Yu on the opposite side, surrounded by the generals, sat on horseback, looked coldly at the Liao army iron cavalry opposite, and turned his head to look at Wu Yong on the side, and couldn't help but show a look of admiration.
Between the lightning and flint, Xiao Gan's long knife was raised, pointing at the Song army two or three hundred steps away in front of him, and roared: "Rush over!" ”
The distance of two or three hundred paces only takes a minute, once it rushes to the front, the heavy armored cavalry is completely crushing the foot soldiers, even if the Song army has more troops and generals, it will not help.
At this time, Wang Yu also issued an order: "Release the arrow!" ”
Knock knock!
The drums of war soared into the sky.
In the next second, thousands of crossbow archers pressed the crossbow machine almost at the same time.
Woo Woo Woo ~ In the humming sound of the wings of thousands of birds, countless arrows, like flying locusts, tore through the night and roared towards the terrified enemy.
Arrows rained down like rain.
Although the big tent leather room army, even the people and horses are all wearing iron armor, but the Song army has no other power, but the crossbow arrows are unparalleled in the world, which is enough to break the armor.
Only to hear one after another screams and the neighing of horses, under the dense rain of arrows, one after another the Liao army iron horses fell to the ground.
However, all this is not enough to stop the footsteps of the Liao army, and under the thick iron armor, although the ordinary Song crossbow can break the armor, but the lethality is limited, after all, the artifact of the divine arm crossbow is not available everywhere.
After the Liao people fell one hundred and ten horses, they rushed to within eighty steps of the Song army in a blink of an eye, and the Liao army at the forefront could even see the faces of the Song people, and the war spears in their hands were already raised high, forming a dead forest.
Kill!
The war knife in Xiao Gan's hand was raised high, and he let out an earth-shattering roar.
Without the blockage of trenches and fortifications, in the big camp, why did the Song people block the iron cavalry of Da Liao, with unobstructed bows and crossbows?
What a joke!
At this moment, Xiao Gan seemed to have a little pity for the chief general of the Song army dozens of steps away, knowing that he also attacked the camp at night, and did not set up ambushes, fences, horse rejection and other blocking facilities outside the camp, but ambushed crossbowmen in the camp, and this IQ was only for the Liao people to lift shoes.
Three thousand Liao riders, roaring in unison, clamped the horse's belly, and urged the horse to gallop forward.
In their eyes, there is a flock of lambs to the slaughter, and if they rush in front of the enemy, they can slash and harvest their heads, and there is no stop.
Heavy armored iron cavalry charging in close quarters, even heavy infantry may not be able to resist, let alone just a group of ordinary crossbowmen, it is almost impossible to have a miracle.
Puff~
Puff~
Puff~
Just when Xiao Gan and the others were full of murderous anger and were about to trample the Song people into powder, a strange sound suddenly came from the front, followed by a miserable scream and the mournful scream of the healthy horse.
The originally flat ground in front of them suddenly collapsed with a clatter, and the galloping horses were unable to regain momentum, and even men and horses fell down one after another.