In the early morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when it was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers, it snowed lightly, and in the scattered snowflakes, two teams of people and horses went out of the mouth of the Great Wall and ran away with torches.

The wind constantly lifted the heavy cloak, taking away any heat from the exposed parts, so that the knights had already wrapped their bodies tightly, not only wearing thick leather robes, but also leather boots covered with fur under their feet, and smearing their faces with whale oil, only their eyes and lips were exposed.

In the past, when it came to this kind of weather, it was a big problem to keep your hands warm, and all riders could do was rotate their hands in the crotch of their pants to keep warm. But now each of them had not only the right sheepskin gloves, but also horseshoe sleeves that covered almost the entire hand and wrapped their fists, which allowed them to maneuver the horse's reins without fear of freezing their hands.

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At dawn, Yelu Buge got up early in a distraught mood and immediately asked his soldiers, "Didn't anyone come back last night?" ”

"Not a single one came back. Checkmate. ”

Yelu Buge gasped. Now he had determined that something must have happened, otherwise he wouldn't have come to the convoy with the messenger to transport the grain. He didn't dare to be ambiguous, and decided to personally lead the troops to the south today to investigate, and immediately ordered: "Call Hasa and Brother Ling." ”

Not long after the pro-soldier went out, a pro-soldier ran to the door of the room: "Report! General, a group of men came from the southern road. ”

"Oh? From the south? Brother Yelu hurriedly fastened his belt, grabbed a scimitar, and walked out the door. Let's go, go and see. ”

When Yelu Buge was about to reach the outside of the town along the main road, he suddenly pricked up his ears. Just as he was wondering, a group of soldiers who were already watching outside the town ran over in a panic, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

A petty officer ran and shouted, "Oh no! The Song people are here! ”

Yelu Buge grabbed him: "Where are the Song people?" ”

The little officer hurriedly pointed in the direction outside the town behind him: "There, the brigade ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, his head was already flying into the air. Yelu Buge was splashed with blood, and he didn't react at a loss, but he felt a pain in his heart, looked down, and saw an arrow emerging from his chest. Now he had no strength, and his eyes went black and fell on the dead body of the petty officer.

One hundred and ten Zhenwu army scouts and police cavalry wearing Liao army uniforms slashed and killed a lot of running Liao troops, and then the police cavalry of the brigade rushed in. The Liao people were completely defenseless, and they were not as good as the armor and horses, and they were cut down in a blink of an eye.

Cutting down all the Liao people outside the house, only then did the Zhenwu army infantry on horseback jump off their horses and search from house to house, and the cavalry directly rushed into the Liao people's big village where the grain was stored.

In the impression of the Liao people, the Song army would never dare to cross the border, so this big village that hoarded military supplies was only hastily fenced with a wooden fence, leaving only a thousand old and weak soldiers to guard, and the intention of guarding against their own thieves exceeded guarding against the Song army. Therefore, the cavalry of the police division rushed in effortlessly, and when Li Buqi rode into this stockade, he saw a large herd of cattle and sheep, and piles of grain.

Li Buqi ordered: "Take all the cattle and horses away, and bring enough grain for ourselves." The sheep are in the sheepfold! Always ready to set fire! ”

When Li Buqi attacked Huangfu Town, the black and oppressive team of the Liao people poured into the mouth of the Great Wall like a sea and arranged the formation. Xiao Jingangnu urged the horse to the front of the team to look at the stockade guarded by the Song army, only to see that the front of the walled wall was covered with the corpses of people and horses. This time, the Song army did not have a large brigade to fight, only a few hundred people lined up outside the gate with spears and shields as cover. But at the front of the Song army, there was a large group of people who had neither shields nor weapons, and it seemed that they did not even wear armor.

He asked Xiao Dali, who had attacked the stockade yesterday, strangely: "What are the Song people doing?" ”

Xiao Dali's face was very ugly, and he replied angrily: "That's the Song people tying us Khitans in front of them as shields. ”

At this time, Xiao Jingangnu remembered what he had heard before leaving, and his face was not good-looking, but it was only for a moment. As a nobleman, in his opinion, the life of an ordinary soldier is not worth anything. Since Yeluyi even ordered Yeluzhen to order the whole army, then he had no scruples about these captured soldiers.

So he threw his hand back, and one of the soldiers immediately carried Jerodin's head with his spear to the front of the battle.

Seeing Yeluzhen's head, all the Liao officers and soldiers were in a daze. Xiao Jingangnu ordered Xiao Dali: "Give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, you take a thousand people to defeat the Song army outside the city, and then we will attack the city!" ”

Xiao Dali gritted his teeth, immediately ran back to the headquarters, ordered a thousand men and horses to rush towards the gate of the village. Soon, the Song army began to live in the room, and every time the crossbow arrows were fired, several Liao soldiers and horses were shot. The Liao people also began to shoot back, and the feather arrows fell into the battle formation of the Song army like dense rain.

Yesterday, when Xiao Dali attacked, because the Song army put the Khitan prisoners in front of the battle, the Khitan soldiers were tied and suffered a big loss, and today these Liao troops no longer dare to have sympathy, only the arrow was shot without a head and no brain, and in a blink of an eye, the Khitan prisoners in front of the Song army were killed and wounded.

Seeing that the human shield was gone, the Song army did not love to fight, and slowly retreated into the village with the shield. Xiao Dali did not retreat, but commanded the cavalry to dismount and rush to the gate with shields and saddles on their backs, and slashed the broken gate. Xiao Jingangnu immediately ordered an attack, and the infantry of the brigade rushed to the wall to set up a ladder and attack the city.

What all the Liao troops did not expect was that the Song army did not resolutely resist, and even said that they did not want to defend the city at all, and disappeared from the walled wall after shooting a few arrows. After a while, the gate of the fortress opened, and the Liao army swarmed in.

Xiao Jingangnu was shocked: "Could it be that the Song people have already fled?" Impossible? Even if Yeluzhen hauled again, he would not let the Song people flee back to Baozhou. But why didn't the Song people fight to the death? ”

Strange in his heart, he immediately urged his horse to run towards the stockade. On the way, a herald ran to him and reported: "General King Kongnu, the Song people in the village set fire to the house and ran away. General Xiao Dali is leading his troops in pursuit. ”

This morning, Xiao Jingangnu, who was galloping in the middle of the night, cut off Yeluzhen's head as soon as he arrived at Yeluzhen's big tent. All of Yeluzhen's subordinates knew that this time the matter was big, and if they couldn't make up for it, they were afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat after the war. Therefore, seeing that the Song people fled from the north gate, they naturally rushed to chase after each other, and Xiao Dali took the lead. However, as a general who had fought the Western Xia, Punu and Jurchen, he was still very vigilant, and when he saw that the road was blocked by some felled numbers, he asked the soldiers to clear the road while not forgetting to send troops to search the mountains on both sides to make sure that there was no ambush.

The fact is that the hillsides on both sides are indeed empty, and Xiao Dali saw the fireworks rising in front of him and shouted: "Not good! The Song people must be going to set fire to block the road! Kill me, boys! ”

In the short time of clearing the road, the Liao army rushed from the south had more than 1,000 people, and the people shouted and neighed to block the narrow road, and at this time they all rushed forward with Xiao Dali's horse. I didn't run for half a mile, and suddenly I saw a black pressure in front of me crashing head-on, and everyone was stunned for a moment before they heard a roar.

Xiao Dali took a closer look, and the hairs on his body stood on end—it was a large group of angry bullocks rushing towards him! Such a large group of crazy running bulls are a devastating force on such a narrow road! Xiao Dali's shouting voice had a trill: "Quick! Retreat! ”

With so many Liao people crowded on narrow roads, orders were not so easily passed to the rear. The men and horses in front had stopped, and the cavalry behind was still in a hurry to run forward, and the Liao soldiers and horses were suddenly crowded together.

Seeing the herd of cattle with the power of destroying the world rushing towards them, some Liao soldiers shot the herd with bows and arrows in despair. But some of the cows were on fire with their tails and bodies, and they went crazy with pain, and more of the cattle were so stimulated by the fire that they only knew how to rush forward, and one or two cows were shot down, and the cattle behind them stepped directly over them and rushed into the ranks of the Liao. The oxen kept their heads down and instinctively used their horns to remove all obstacles that dared to stand in their way, whether it was a man or a horse.

Xiao Dali's war horse was stuck in the belly by the horns of a cow, and fell to the ground with a scream. Although Xiao Dali was a superb horseman, he immediately threw off the stirrup and was not pressed by the dead horse, but immediately a huge bull's hoof stepped on his chest. His last thought flashed through him as he spurted a mouthful of blood: "It's a trap!" ”