Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and the others went down to rest for a while, and when they had rested enough, they set off to follow the army to attack Lingxian City. After Zhao Gou's order was passed down, all the soldiers were ready to set off at any time. Then, Zhao Gou let Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others disperse and be led by them.

"Let's go!"

Zhao Gou gave an order, and the army left in Guangling set off in unison, but he did not march quickly, but stopped and stopped, and the journey was very slow. Because the army here was already tired after the big battle, Zhao Gou's move was just a bluff, not for them to attack the spirit immortals.

Because it will take time for Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others to return to take over the army, the armies of Feihu and Lingqiu have not yet taken any action. At the same time, Zhao Gou personally led a large army to go; The Liao army spies had already received the news and immediately sent troops to defend it.

It's a pity that the Liao army has little strength left, so it can only stick to the city, and dare not go to the pursuit, nor dare to go to the crusade. Because of this, Zhao Gou marched slowly, and as long as the soldiers were well rested, then they could speed up the journey.

The next day, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and others had already caught up and continued to follow the army.

At the same time, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others also arrived at Feihu and Lingqiu, and after they arrived, they did not rest for a moment, they had already gathered their troops and led the army to attack Lingxian. Because the Liao army was all scattered, it could not be compared with the Song army, and there was only the opportunity to escape, how could it be majestic in the past.

The journey of the army led by Zhao Gou was still slow, and the Liao army spies saw that they did not look like an attack at all, but rather as if they were delaying time and dispersing the strength of the army, so the spies reported to Yelu Decai. When Jerod heard this, he consulted with all the soldiers.

"Marshal, my subordinates thought that the commander of the Song army personally led the army to come, it was a trap at all, and we didn't have to leave our troops there. Besides, after the previous battle, the Song army was also greatly injured and could not continue to attack, so it only needed to send people to defend. ”

"The subordinates thought that it was better to distribute the troops in the cities on the border of Lingqiu and Flying Fox, but you must know that the armies in these two places have been recuperated, and their combat effectiveness must be much higher. Our army is already small in strength, and it will be extremely disadvantageous for us to disperse it in this way. ”

Yerod pondered for a moment and said, "How long will it take for reinforcements from New State to arrive?" ”

"Back to the marshal, according to the news reported by the spies, it will take about four or five days to arrive."

"In any case, everyone must be vigilant these days, and we must not be careless." Yerod continued, "The reinforcements from Xinzhou have not arrived, and we cannot compete with the Song army head-on with our troops, so we can only defend and delay time. As for the army led by the commander of the Song army, we can't be unguarded, or we should not move. If we withdraw part of the army, if the Song army attacks vigorously, I am afraid that those forces will not be able to resist, and in the end the losses will be even heavier. ”

When the soldiers heard this, they also felt that there was some truth, so Yerod insisted on the original strategy, and he was worried that Zhao Gou would play conspiracy. If you do withdraw some of your troops, no matter how much it is, it will affect the situation of the battle. How many troops did the Song army have this time, and a few had tens of thousands, while the available army in Ulzhou was less than 10,000 people, which was still the number of people that were scraped together with great difficulty.

Of the 10,000 troops, some of them are local officials, officials and other people, and some logistics personnel, and there are less than 6,000 people who can really be counted as soldiers. It can be said that the ten thousand are divided into four armies, except for more than 1,000 people who stay in Lingxian, all the others are sent out, if there is a gap, then it is to open the gate of Ulzhou, let the Song army come in, and then the Lingxian will be lost, and the Song army will occupy Ulzhou.

"Marshal, is it really okay for us to march like this?" Han Shizhong looked at the slow progress of the march, and a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart, they didn't look like they were fighting, more like playing, not to mention, they would rest after half a day of marching, which made him a little confused.

Yue Fei, Liu Guangshi and others also looked at Zhao Gou one after another, and the feeling in their hearts was the same as Han Shizhong's. No matter what kind of art of war has never mentioned such a march, if it is seen by the enemy, it must be thought that the Song army has no will to fight, which will cause a siege by a large army, and Zhao Gou is here, as long as Zhao Gou is captured alive, then this battle will be lost without a fight.

"That's what I want!" Zhao Gou smiled slightly, "After a few days of marching, the army has been rested. It's hard to get the same as usual, but the spirit is much better. If the Liao army puts all its forces here, then our army can directly take Lingxian, and it will be difficult to resist with the strength of Lingxian and other places. ”

"We are bait, so to speak. Since it's a bait, then why bother so fast, everything needs to be in order. If they're not fooled, then that's okay. Because the other two armies of our army are attacking, it will be difficult for them to hold on, and when the time comes, we can still enter the spirit immortals from the side and take them in one fell swoop. ”

"But I still underestimated this man, he did not fall for it, nor did he withdraw his troops, but remained motionless and waited for the change. It can be seen that this person has a certain ability, but our army is much better than the Liao army, and they can't resist the attack of our army at all. ”

"The successive defeats had a great impact on the morale of the Liao soldiers. Now as long as the army presses the border, the Liao army will be self-defeating. The Liao army, which had lost its combat effectiveness, could not stop the footsteps of our army, and it was only a matter of time before Ulzhou was taken. ”

"Now, if I'm not mistaken, Jerod is waiting for reinforcements to arrive. So we still need to speed up the journey, but it is the Flying Fox and Lingqiu, as long as one of them is breached, then the morale of the Liao army will be lost, so that we can go straight to the Yellow Dragon. ”

Having said that, Zhao Gou still passed down the order and ordered the army to speed up the journey.

The Liao army received the information, and the army led by Zhao Gou accelerated its journey and approached the border, and they immediately sent an order back to ask for the next order. It's a pity that the Liao army commander Yelude is also confused, he is now busy with a lot of anxiety, reinforcements are delayed, the Song army in Feihu and Lingqiu has been attacking vigorously, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the city will be broken sooner or later, and he will receive the formation of the Guangling army to speed up, and the army will press the border, which makes him even more angry and anxious.

The Song army's three-way army attacked again, and launched an attack at different times, so that the Ulzhou army had lost its direction, its morale plummeted, and it was unable to fight again.

Sure enough, from the beginning of the offensive to the end of the war, the Song army's resistance to the Liao army became lower and lower, and more and more soldiers of the Liao army gave up resistance and chose to surrender. Therefore, the battle was broken one by one in less than three days.

Zhao Gou led the army straight to Lingxian, along the way he was like a killing god, and his courage and invincibility frightened the courage of the Liao army, and he surrendered before the battle began. It can be said that capturing the three counties of Ulzhou and approaching the Ulzhou Lingxian seems easy and effortless.

Yelude received the news that tens of thousands of troops of the Song army had entered the territory of Lingxian, and he was about to attack, and he knew that Ulzhou had been lost. As for the generals under his command, they didn't wait for his order, they fled in all directions, and the whole Lingxian made a mess of porridge, and those soldiers also fled one after another, only Yelude was still waiting for the arrival of the Song army in Lingxian City.

Even though Ulzhou had already fallen, Yerod did not want to run away easily, and he stood alone on the city gate. A moment later, a group of black oppressive troops appeared in his eyes, the neat and strong pace was shocking, he looked at it without changing his face, unwavering, and muttered to himself: "It's finally here!" ”

(End of chapter)