On the fourteenth day of the first month, in the big tent of the Liao Army, Ye Luyi first asked his clerk: "Is there any movement in Baozhou?" ”

"There was no movement at all."

Ye Luyi pouted and smiled: "What a famous general, I think it is also an exaggeration, just like the turtle in the city just trying to protect himself." ”

He didn't know that Yeluzhen didn't want to make trouble for himself because he didn't find the Song army that was missing, and he felt that there were not many Song troops, so he didn't report that a Song army left the city.

Xiao Weixin said: "Since the Song army in Baozhou does not dare to go out of the city, then we will concentrate on breaking through the Song army in Erzhou. As long as the main force of the Song army can be annihilated here, it will not be far from the Yellow River. ”

"yes. It seems that Song Jun intends to rescue Wangdu this time. In this way, it is good to lure the Song people to Wangdu City to fight. ”

"Well, this method is good, when the Song people arrive at Wangdu City, we only need to send light cavalry to cut off the Song people's grain route, and the Song people will come as many as they want, and there will be no return." Yeluyi first stroked his beard and said.

At this time, the clerk interjected sneeringly: "Deployment, the grain and grass that should have arrived yesterday have still not arrived. ”

"Huh? What's going on? Is Brother Xiao Bu dead? Send someone to ask him again! If he can't give a satisfactory reason, then bring me his head! Jerod was angry. Does this Xiao Buge think that marching and fighting is child's play? There was no food and grass for three days in a row, although there is no shortage of food in the army now, but if this matter spreads, it will inevitably shake the hearts of the army.

But he didn't think at all about whether his own grain was copied by others. In his opinion, it is impossible for the Song people to be so bold.

At the same time, Xiao Buge, who was stationed in Huangfu Town, Zhuozhou, who was responsible for supplying grain and grass to the front line, was also wondering. He asked his men: "Have the men sent out have returned?" Why hasn't there been news from the south for three days? ”

The general said uneasily, "Could it be that something is going on?" ”

Xiao Buge scratched his head and ordered an officer: "Hua Chiya, you take a hundred people and immediately go to Hebei to see what happened." ”

The stout Khitan man immediately took the order: "Yes, my lord, I will set off immediately." ”

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The distance of sixty miles was a quick horse, and on the way, Hua Chiya overtook a convoy of grain and grass and sheep sent to the front. But what made him strange was that he didn't see a group of centaurs returning from Hebei.

This thing is indeed too strange, for three days in a row, not even a messenger has been sent from Hebei. Even if something big happens, you should send someone to report it, right?

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but become even more worried, and quickly rushed into the field. But the scene in the field surprised him. There are large herds of cattle and sheep and truckloads of grain, and it seems that the grain and grass of these cattle brought from Huangfu Store in the past few days have been here. This, this......

He hurriedly reined in his horse and shouted to a man who was feeding the horse not far away, ready to ask for an explanation, but with this voice he saw a black shadow flash on the roof, and he fell off the horse without even feeling pain. When the pain hit, his strength was also drained with the blood, and only his increasingly dim eyes saw that his soldiers were also lying on the ground, and some soldiers wearing Song army armor were mending their swords to them.

After killing all the Liao troops who broke into the field, Yan Shenghu came over to look at Hua Chiya's corpse, and said to himself: "It seems that the Liao people are already suspicious." You have to report to the border patrol as soon as possible. ”

In the afternoon, after capturing two Liao convoys on the side of the field as a few days ago, a group of Liao cavalry from the north rushed towards them at a gallop. Because of the relatively fast running, the Liao people did not notice anything abnormal after rushing into the stockade, and went straight to the north gate. But as soon as they had all entered the gate, they suddenly rained crossbows from the wall behind them, and they nailed all the cavalry to the ground. These Liao people don't understand how they died.

Seeing that the Liao army had all been hit by arrows, Zheng Shifu led people out of the house to inspect the corpses. After seeing a Liao man dressed as an officer, he was in his arms, and he took out an order written in Khitan script. Naturally, he couldn't understand the Khitan language, so he hurriedly sent it to Li Buqi. Soon, the interpreter translated this order and read it to Li Buqi. Li Buqi smiled slightly: "Mr. Yeluyi is suspicious, he should send an army to check soon, and our good days are coming to an end." ”

It turned out that Li Buqi was not bad. When Ye Luyi did not receive a report on the fifteenth day of the first month, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the generals stationed north of Mancheng to send troops to investigate what was happening in Zhuozhou and Yizhou.

Yixian's order was immediately carried out, and the Liao sent 500 cavalry before dawn.

As soon as dawn came, these cavalry arrived at the mouth of the Great Wall and galloped all the way into the stockade at the south entrance. After the Song army had entered the stockade, most of the Liao army fired their bows and crossbows. The Liao army that entered the stockade did not survive.

But the formation of the five hundred cavalry in rapid movement was very long, and it was impossible to fit all of them into the stockade, so a few messengers ran. In the afternoon, the scout flew back: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

Yang Shiqing, who was on the gate of the wall, poked his head out and asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"At least two thousand, all cavalry!"

Yang Shiqing immediately ordered: "Blow the horn!" Fight! ”

The team quickly assembled and lined up with their backs against the wall, and Yang Shiqing rode a horse and shouted in front of the formation: "Avenge the fathers and elders who died in the city!" ”

These days, Li Buqi demanded that all the generals listen to the people of the city who had been captured by the Liao army to tell their tragic experiences. These eighteen or nineteen-year-old young men were already filled with righteous indignation, and anger filled their chests. Before Yang Shiqing's shout fell, a raging cry sounded in the array: "Revenge!" Avenge! ”

Just after the time of the child, the news that the mouth of the Great Wall was occupied by the Song army was reported to Yelu Yixian. Yeluyi asked the officer who came to report quietly: "Where did these Song people come from?" How many people are there? ”

The officer said: "Judging from the banner of the Song army, it seems that it is the Song army under the command of Li Buqi of Baozhou." Today, the Song army fought at least 3,000 people, but there were hills and walled walls, and it was impossible to see how many people were still hidden. General Yelu Mawu attacked with 2,000 cavalry, but was held by the Song army with bows and crossbows, and then used cavalry to storm the flank, resulting in a great defeat, with more than 1,000 dead. Later, General Yeluzhen commanded 5,000 people to attack, and the Song army tied our Khitans in front of the battle as a shield, and took advantage of our army's hesitation to shoot with a bow and crossbow, and our army suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat. ”

"What? Tie the Khitans to the front of the battle as a shield? "Not only Yelu Yixian, but everyone in the big tent gasped - this is not like the style of the Song people, what are these Song people crazy about?

But the officer who told the news said, "Exactly! The Song people also put a large text on the city wall, saying that it was 'tooth for tooth, blood for blood'. ”

"A tooth for a tooth, a blood for a blood?" Everyone gasped again, wondering how the cowardly Song people could shout such a slogan.

"I see!" After thinking for a long time, Xiao Weixin, the superintendent, said: "This must be the Song people's revenge for our army, and every time the city is attacked, the captured Song people will attack the city." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone felt justified. Yelu Yixian sneered and said, "The tone is not small. It's just that how many of them can there be? If there were too many people, it would be impossible for Yeluzhen's straw bag not to find out. The Song army is lone and deep, as long as we attack with heavy troops, we will definitely annihilate it, what else do you say, 'tooth for tooth, blood for blood'? ”

Xiao Weixin also felt that this was inevitable, and immediately said: "Please also deploy and quickly transfer troops." This grain road cannot be cut off by the Song people. ”