Liu Guangshi and Yue Fei led the army to support, but they did not let the army go together, but arrived at the border of Guangling County and let the army station, and the two of them led a dozen people to the camp. Because, Han Shizhong's urgent letter was clearly stated, go to discuss first and then make plans.

Liu and Yue traveled more than ten miles and finally arrived at Han Shizhong's camp.

Originally, Liu and Yue had gone through a big battle and had a tiring journey, so they should have rested and discussed. However, time is not waiting for anyone, and they can only fight hard to discuss the next battle and battle plan with Han Shizhong and others.

"It's hard work two brothers!" Han Shizhong saw the exhausted appearance of Liu and Yue, and suddenly felt guilty.

Liu Guangshi said with a smile: "Brother Han doesn't have to be like this, let's discuss the matter, after the capture of Guangling, we will get drunk again!" ”

"Good!" Han Shizhong agreed, looked at the battle map again, and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, there was no way to continue the route we originally planned. Even if it is an operational map, there is still no way to make it very detailed. Except for the small number of enemy troops encountered by Brother Liu in Flying Fox, the troops in the other two places are not optimistic! ”

Liu Guangshi nodded approvingly, "Brother Han's words are reasonable!" At the beginning, I thought that Feihu County was easy to attack, and Lingqiu County was only a little stronger. However, my brother-in-law and I have experienced it firsthand, and this battle is much more difficult than we imagined. ”

"That's what Brother Liu said!" Yue Fei smiled bitterly, "I thought it would be very easy to attack Lingqiu County, but I never thought that just one pass in Lingqiu County would cost our army 6,000 people. Now I know the reason why Da Shuai is determined to capture the sixteen states of Yanyun, and I also understand the reason why Emperor Taizong failed to conquer the Khitan in the past. Without adequate preparation, it is difficult to gnaw on this bone. ”

Han Shizhong continued: "When my brother and I came here, we found that this place is actually a mountain, a hill, and a basin. In addition, the altitude has reached thousands of meters, and the shortest hills are hundreds of meters, the only advantage is that we are on the southeast side, and after observing the topography of this place from east to west, it is a decreasing trend, that is to say, the westernmost place is the plain. ”

"My brother and I are deliberating on where to place the big battle. Now we are in the mountains and other higher places, and if we continue to confront each other, we will have to fight each other. According to the information obtained by our spies, most of the Liao army's forces are concentrated here, and I am afraid that they also want to wipe us out in one fell swoop. ”

Gao Zhong said in a deep voice: "If you open up the formation and let it go, our army will not be afraid of the Liao army." However, given the Liao army's familiarity with this place, if we started a war here, we would definitely suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, Brother Han and I are worrying about where to fight the Liao army. ”

Liu Guangshi then asked, "Where do you think it's better?" ”

Han Shizhong smiled bitterly: "The two of us just don't have an idea, so I want you to help think about where to fight!" ”

"Brother Han, you're not joking with us!" Liu Guangshi was stunned and looked at Han Shizhong in surprise, "We just arrived here, and we are not familiar with this place at all. ”

The four of them sat there deliberating with sad faces, their eyes fixed on the map, as if they wanted to see through it. The four of them thought about it for a whole hour, and they couldn't think of a better place. Until Gao Zhong proposed, he informed Yu Zhao Gou of this matter and asked him to give him some advice.

Everyone suddenly woke up, but they calculated the time, and they were afraid that it was a little late to spread the message.

Seeing everyone's sad faces, Gao Zhong quietly took out Zhao Gou's reply from his arms and said, "Brothers, this is the tip that Dashuai gave us!" ”

"Huliu River!"

When everyone looked at the concise three words, they were slightly stunned, and then looked at the map again, and suddenly came overjoyed.

"Senior brother, how can you have a letter from a handsome?"

Han Shizhong was a little puzzled, he didn't understand how Gao Zhong informed Yu Zhao of this matter. Then, Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi also looked at Gao Zhong suspiciously, which made him tremble in his heart, and he told what happened without hiding it.

"Is this a test for the handsome?" Han Shizhong said in surprise.

Gao Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, this is a test for the big handsome, I also told the big boss about the previous plan, and the big guy didn't say anything." I thought it was a good idea, until Brother Yue lost his troops in Pingxingling, and Brother Liu's attack also encountered obstacles, not to mention us. ”

"Dashuai often said to us, 'Together, life is death', that is, we are told to be united. Over the past few days, I have told the commander the route of the march and the strategy of the three of them. Therefore, the marshal knows the itinerary of our army well, and this letter also arrived in my hands yesterday. ”

Gao Zhong told the truth of the matter, thinking that the three of them would blame, but he didn't expect that not only did they not mean to blame, but they were very happy. Because of the advice given by Zhao Gou, they understood how to attack next.

Besides, this matter is not something that Gao Pet is willing to do. Now he can confess that where everyone will really care, it is just for the good of the army, and there is no harm in doing so, so everyone has never blamed Gao Favor.

When they saw the hint given by Zhao Gou, they immediately understood the meaning of these three words.

Because the Huliu River is the lowest place in the entire Guangling County, and both banks are plains, it can be said that the vision of the army is very broad. In addition, the upper bed on both sides of the Huliu River is wide, and the lower bed is narrow, and its shape is like a pot. If the Liao army is forced to retreat here, then everything will be easy.

In fact, after Zhao Gou learned about the marching route of Han Shizhong's army, as well as his understanding of Ulzhou, he had already determined that Han Shizhong had encountered a problem. When Liu Guangshi's letter was conveyed to him, he studied it carefully, and it happened that Gao Zhong briefly mentioned this matter in the letter, so he replied.

Zhao Gou remembered that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Ulzhou had the reputation of "Eight Views of Ulzhou", namely: Taishan Dawn, Jinhe Qingyue, Huliu Spring Rise, Shiling Autumn Cloud, Fengtai Xinyu, Shimen Nonglan, Chiqiao Liuyan, and River Embankment Chunyin. It just so happens that the spring rise of Huliu is in Guangling County, where the terrain is low.

Due to the thaw of spring warmth and the melting of snow and ice, the river water has risen sharply, and now it is autumn, and the river has receded. Even if there is a river, the river will not be turbulent, so this place is the only place where a decisive battle can be held, and other places are very unfavorable to the Song army.

Now that the location of the battle has been determined, the next thing is for the Liao army to retreat here, while the Song army fights against the Liao army. As for Liu Guangshi and Yue Fei, they then rushed back and led the army to Huliu River.

At the same time, Han Shizhong personally wrote a war letter and sent it to the Liao army camp and handed it over to their generals.

"Report to the general, the Song army sent an envoy to deliver a letter of war."

"Let him in!" Jerod sneered.

"General!" The Song envoy saluted respectfully and said, "This is a war letter sent by my general's order, please take a look!" ”

Yelude took the war book, then read it, and said sneeringly: "The Song people are treacherous, led troops to attack our court, and dared to send someone to send the war book, don't you think that this commander will not dare to behead you?" ”

"Why don't you die if the villain dies!" The man smiled calmly, "I'm afraid that if the villain dies, the general will be infamous for killing the envoy." If others don't know, I'm afraid that some people will say that the general is timid and afraid of things, afraid of our Great Song army, and dare not fight with it. ”

Jerod roared angrily, "I don't dare? You go back and tell your general, and you will say that Ben Shuai has agreed, let him wash his neck, and I will take his head as a stool to sit on. ”

The man smirked, he knew the plan had succeeded. Through his observations, Jerod was an impulsive man, and he was most reluctant to be stimulated by others. That's why he's so excited. In fact, he was also beating drums in his heart, and if he was really killed, there was really no way.

The man turned to take his leave, and heard Jerod sneer, "Is this place where you can come and leave if you want?" ”

"Someone will pull this person down, beat the fifty military sticks hard, just leave a breath, and then throw him out and let the Song army come to pick him up!"

The Liao soldiers escorted him out, and he walked out without any resistance. It wasn't until he endured thirty military sticks that he was thrown out by the Liao army, and he happened to be seen by the soldiers of the Song army and hurriedly taken away.

"Brother, hard work!" Han Shizhong came to visit in person, saw his skin open, pulled his fists fiercely, and secretly vowed to kill all Yerod.

Sweat dripped down the man's forehead, and he really endured it, and no one could stand being beaten with thirty sticks. Moreover, it was the hand of the Liao soldiers themselves, and it was a dead hand, and they were beaten to the death. It's not something ordinary people can endure at all, and he has already fainted on the way.

After the diagnosis and treatment of the military doctor, it was not easy to wake up, but he only woke up for a moment, reported the military situation to Han Shizhong, and then fainted again. This time, Han Shizhong didn't bother, so he let him recuperate, and ordered the military doctor to take care of him.

At the same time, there were deputy generals and others in the Liao army camp who were worried about the Song army's deception, so they persuaded them loudly: "General, my subordinates think it is better to report this matter to the marshal." If the Song army is cheating, what should it do? ”

Yerod said confidently: "You don't have to worry, with the combat strength of our army and the strength of the troops, there is no need to worry about them cheating. This is the most familiar battlefield for us, and we can annihilate them all if we take advantage of the terrain. ”

"Since they have issued a war letter, then how can we retreat? If other generals know about it, what should they say about us! Since they seek their own death, then we will fulfill them so that they will die without a place to bury. On my order, all the soldiers went to the Huliu River to fight the Song army. ”

Seeing that Yerod was bent on going his own way, everyone could only obey his orders and let all the soldiers go to the place of the battle to fight with the Song army. In fact, the military order of the commander of Ulzhou is to fight a protracted war, try to avoid head-to-head confrontation, and focus on defense, but Yelud thinks very highly of himself and does not take other people's suggestions to heart, as for the result, he can only do his best to obey the fate of God.

(End of chapter)