It's time to run away.

Originally, according to Li Buqi's original plan, he could still wait for the opportunity to destroy the grain point set up by the Liao people in the north of Baigou, but he did not expect to plunder a large number of cattle and horses grazing by the Liao people, especially the precious horses for the Great Song Dynasty, and he is now concerned about how to bring these horses back to the Great Song Dynasty. So when he was in Huangfu Town, he only sent 300 cavalry dressed as Liao troops to try his luck in Baigou. His order to these cavalrymen was to fight as soon as they could, and to come back immediately if they could not.

He must now wait for the cavalry to return and make peace, otherwise he will have to retreat immediately. At this time, wooden houses accounted for the majority of the houses in the city, and in the event of a fire, the company camp was burned. The fire in Zhuozhou is getting bigger and bigger, especially in the northwest area of the city, where the flames rush into the sky for more than ten zhang, which is the place where the granary of the Liao army is. It seems that the grain and grass hoarded by the Liao army in the city must be finished.

Just after the time of the child, Tanma brought back Chen Xin, the cavalry commander who had returned from Baigou. Li Buqi looked at Chen Xin's expression and asked, "But you succeeded?" ”

Chen Xin laughed and said, "Patrolling the border is clever. When we arrived in Baigou, the Liao people were defenseless, and they thought we were their own people. We rushed into the camp and set fire on all sides, and the fire startled the Liao people, cattle and horses to rush around, and the Liao people were in a mess. When we left, the Liao people's camp was already full of fire. ”

Li Buqi asked: "What about the loss?" ”

Chen Xin said: "The Liao people are completely defenseless, so we only folded more than 50 people. This is still because on the way back, I also encountered a team of Liao cavalry, fought for a while, and broke more than ten brothers. ”

It is not a lot to fold more than 50 people. Li Buqi didn't have time to feel distressed, so he only ordered: "The Liao army will definitely arrive soon." We must now retreat immediately. You still have to work hard, and immediately transfer with the brigade. ”

Although this group of cavalry had run nearly 300 miles in one day, and they were sleepy and tired, they all replied excitedly: "Get the order!" ”

Although Li Buqi had a few Liao guides in his hands, it was not easy to find the right path at night. Fortunately, there is only one official road from Zhuozhou to Fangshan Town, and it is long to the northeast as long as it is guided by the compass.

After walking for more than an hour, the cavalry caught up with the infantry who had set off earlier, but the bull masters were walking too slowly. But another three or four thousand cattle were looted near Zhuozhou, and it would be a waste to kill them all as they did around Huangfu Town. Li Buqi had no choice but to order the herd to move forward as soon as possible.

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The news that a large number of Song troops appeared outside Zhuozhou City was sent to Xijin Mansion, which immediately caused a huge shock. The Liao lord Yelu Zongzhen was furious, because he didn't know how many people the Song army had, he immediately sent 20,000 palace cavalry to meet the enemy, and then summoned the nobles of Xijin Mansion to support him.

Yixin, the king of the North Courtyard who led the troops, led his troops to raise fire and hurriedly advance, and before dawn, he saw that the flames in the direction of Zhuozhou City were soaring into the sky, illuminating half of the sky. He knew that Zhuozhou City was hoarding millions of loads of grain and grass for the Song army, and if it was destroyed, then the outcome of this war would be doomed, so he was impatient.

In order to save the grain and grass in Zhuozhou City, he also didn't care about searching the two wings, and ordered the cavalry not to spare the horsepower, gallop at full speed, and it didn't matter if the formation was scattered, as long as he encountered the Song army, he would launch an attack. This is also a common tactic used by the Liao people, the first attack is invincible, and the rear team arrives and immediately launches an attack, so that the continuous impact makes the enemy feel that the Liao army is endless, and finally the morale collapses and is defeated.

But when the Liao army ran desperately to the city of Zhuozhou, they found that there was no Song army except for a dead body.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the Liao army in Zhuozhou saw that there was no trace of the Song army outside the city, and also went out of the city to investigate, and after meeting with the reinforcements, they found that the Song army had disappeared.

Yixin received a report that all the grain and grass in Zhuozhou had been burned while galloping, but the Song people had lost their traces, so they couldn't help but be furious, and immediately ordered the horses to go out to find the Song army. However, the scouts turned the surroundings of Zhuozhou, mainly in the direction of the south, and found no trace of the Song army. By noon, the scouts also encountered 20,000 cavalry sent by Yelu Chongyuan, and determined that there was no shadow of the Song people in the southeast.

The cavalry of the Liao people came to the mouth of the Great Wall and found that the fire in the field and the pass had not yet been extinguished. They met the Liao army who came from the south over the mountain, and then they knew that the Song army came from the mouth of the Great Wall.

At this time, Yixin received a report that yesterday Yizhou was burned to the ground by the Song people who opened the city gate and set fire everywhere, and the Song people also plundered a large number of horses around Yi County and then disappeared. At this time, his generals all thought that since the Song army could not be found on the plain, then the Song army must have drilled into the ravine. Although the mountain road is difficult to walk, after all, it can return to the Song realm, and it is not easy to be surrounded by the Liao cavalry.

In the minds of the generals of the Liao State, this is the territory of the Liao State, even if the Song army is bold, as long as they don't want to die, they will definitely flee back to the territory of the Song Dynasty immediately after a successful blow. Yixin immediately ordered the scope of the search to be expanded to include the scope of Yizhou. After such a toss, it was dark.

At this time, Yelu Zongzhen's order came from Xijin Mansion, saying that Yuhe County was occupied by tens of thousands of Song troops in the morning, and the Song army plundered Yuhe. Yelu Zongzhen believed that the Song army had a large number of cavalry, so it should not be underestimated, and the Xijin Mansion had closed the city gate and was ready to deal with the Song army's siege. The Liao lord ordered Yixin to lead a large army to the Yuhe River to encircle and annihilate the Song army.

Just when the Xijin Mansion was stirred up by Li Buqi, the Great Song Dynasty was also shocked by Li Buqi's bold behavior.

Two days after Li Buqi sent his troops, Guo Kui asked a messenger to send the notes written in advance by Li Buqi to the Yamen of the Hebei Economic Strategy Envoy of the Daimyo Mansion. Han Qi, the deputy envoy of the Economic Strategy, picked up the notebook, only glanced at it a few times, and then hurriedly went to find Xia Zhu, the envoy of the Economic Strategy and the remaining guard in Beijing.

Xia Zhu was sitting in the back hall at this time with a few Qingke ministers and tea, and after listening to the report that Han Qi was coming, he asked the Qingke to go down, so he invited Han Qi in.

As soon as Han Qi entered the door, he saluted and said, "Xianggong, there is an emergency." ”

Xia Zhu saw Han Qi's serious face, because where was he defeated, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Han Qi handed Li Buqi's notebook to Xia Zhu and said: "Li Buqi led the army of 5,000 roads to attack the mouth of the Great Wall the day before yesterday, and cut off the grain route of the Liao people, and now I don't know whether he will win or lose. ”

Xia Zhu hurriedly took the notebook and glanced at it a few times, only to see that Li Buqi wrote the notebook like a testament, mainly to express his determination to become a benevolent person if he did not succeed. Before he finished reading it, he stumbled and said: "This Li Buqi, he is really a reckless man, do you really think that he is a 'flying general'?" In this way, Meng Lang's own death is a small matter, and the loss of a teacher is a big matter. And his fame is so great, if he is caught by the Liao people and then used to publicize it, it will inevitably cause fear to our soldiers. This is a child's play on state affairs. This Guo Kui is too, if he doesn't stop it, it's just that, how can this news be sent now? ”

In all fairness, Han Qi hoped that Li would not give up his death. But as a feudal official, he has the responsibility to defend the territory, and at this time, he hopes that Li Buqi can come back. Seeing that Xia Zhu was still stumbling, he hurriedly said: "Xianggong, Guo Kui said that he was afraid that he would leak the news and trap Li Bu to kill the whole army." There is also truth to that. It's too late to regret it now, and the most important thing at the moment is not to let the Liao people take advantage of the gap. ”

Xia Zhu is also a shrewd and capable person, venting the fear in his heart and asking, "What is the best plan for Zhigui?" ”

Han Qi said: "There is no news of Li Buqi's defeat yet, but we must publicize the news of Li Buqi's attack on the mouth of the Great Wall as soon as possible, and vigorously praise Li Buqi's behavior of taking justice for the country and boosting morale." Even if Li Buqi fell into the Liao people or was defeated and died in the future, the soldiers would only feel that Li Buqi had fought bravely to kill the enemy. And if Li Buqi can really cut off the Liao people's grain route for a period of time, then it will not be a bad opportunity. ”

Xia Zhu also figured it out, and his eyes lit up: "Zhigui is right. Then immediately the whole army was proclaimed. ”

Han Qi's eyes flashed: "At the same time, the lower official thought that this matter should be reported to the official family urgently." I have to praise Li Bu for not giving up. ”

Xia Zhu understood as soon as he heard it, Han Qi wanted to let the two avoid suspicion. He and Han Qi have a grudge against Li Buqi in the past in Shaanxi, and now Li Buqi is alone in the army to copy the back road of the Liao people, and those who don't know may think that the two of them made a ghost - at the beginning of the country, Pan Mei lost Yang Ye in the Liao State, but he was infamous for losing Yang Ye in the Liao State, and he has not been able to turn over so far, which is a lesson from the past.

Therefore, he gladly accepted Han Qi's suggestion, and immediately wrote a piece of music in person, and sent it to Tokyo for 800 miles together with Li Buqi's notebook.