Chapter 1003: A Small Stream of Golden Soldiers

"Datong City is a big city, the population is about 100,000, the circumference of the county is nearly 30 miles, the city is very tall, there is a huge warehouse city in the city, it was originally the Liao State Tun gathered in Xijing Road of the material grain and grass, claimed to be able to eat for 100,000 troops for five years, this time I entered the warehouse, saw the mountains of grain and grass and weapons."

"How can you get into the warehouse?" Liu Jian asked puzzled.

"There are about 20 local officials who went to report on their work this time, and Wanyan Cha Thorn probably wanted us to know the strength of the Jin soldiers and enhance our confidence, so he let us visit Cangcheng, which has never been in before."

Liu Jian quickly looked for important military information from the other party's words, the other party had sufficient reserves of grain and grass materials, and sufficient reserves of armor, and the other party's commander asked the magistrate to visit Cangcheng, obviously feeling some kind of crisis.

In fact, Liu Jian has been sending scouts to pretend to be caravans since last year to investigate the intelligence of Datong City, which is tall and strong, with a circumference of thirty miles, and no moat, which is consistent with what Luo Beichao said.

Liu Jian pondered for a moment, and then asked, "You just said that Cangcheng was well defended, did you mean that in addition to the 20,000 cavalry, there was also an army?" ”

"It doesn't seem to be, Wanyan Cha is very suspicious, he doesn't believe in the Han or Khitan people in the city, he didn't recruit the local army, and Cangcheng is also guarded by his army."

Liu Jian asked about other situations carefully, and then sent someone to send Luo Beichao out of the barracks.

At this time, Liu Tie asked with a smile: "How do you think my brother should fight this battle?" ”

Liu Jian smiled slightly, "Actually, I really hope that the Jin soldiers will not go out to fight, defend the city to the death, and then we will fight a siege war, so that the Jin soldiers seem to occupy a favorable position, but in fact they have lost their cavalry advantage, but I estimate that the Jin soldiers will not do this, they will still kill it, but they will not give up the city easily, so even if they want to attack us, they will not be too far away from the city." ”

"That means we're not in danger along the way?"

"There will be no big danger, but beware of the golden soldiers attacking our logistics food team, the more the brigade of gold soldiers does not come out, the more small-scale attacks will happen."

Liu Tie nodded, "Then I'll be in charge of the logistics!" ”

.........

This time, Liu Jian requisitioned more than 10,000 carts in his crusade against Datong Mansion, loaded with grain and grass materials, and followed behind the main army, escorted by 10,000 cavalry.

Liu Jian was right, after entering Yingzhou, the Song army scouts found traces of a small group of Jin soldiers, about one or two hundred gold soldiers per share, following the logistics army of the Song army on the periphery like wolves.

Liu Tie wanted to send troops to encircle and suppress them several times, but these golden soldiers were very cunning and could not catch them.

In the afternoon of that day, the army was still about 100 miles away from Yingxian, and when Liu Jian saw that it was almost dusk, he ordered the army to be stationed on the spot for the night.

More than 10,000 carts stopped one after another, lined up closely together for the night, and the army was on the periphery, protecting the carts.

At this time, Liu Tie looked at a forest two miles away, the forest was about more than a hundred acres, very dense, less than a mile away from the nearest cart, if the Jin soldiers wanted to attack the logistics of the Song army, that forest was the best hiding place.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Liu Tie's mouth, and his intuition told him that Jin Bing would definitely come tonight.

He was ready to entertain Jin Bing with a feast.

......

The time gradually came to a watch, and Liu Tie was about to fall asleep, when a soldier pushed him awake, "General, wake up!" ”

"What's the situation?"

"The Golden Soldier Squad has arrived."

Liu Tie perked up and hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"About three hundred of them, now hiding in the woods."

"How did they get into the woods?"

"On the other side of the woods is a much larger wood, more than a dozen miles long, and they must have come from there."

Liu Tie immediately ordered: "Go and inform General Xiao to act according to the original plan!" ”

In just a moment, a cavalry of 5,000 people came galloping, instantly surrounding the woods, and the cavalry general Xiao Yun shouted: "The people in the woods raise their hands and come out, spare you from death, otherwise you will ......"

Before the words were finished, a wolf-toothed arrow 'whoosh!' 's shot, straight to Xiao Yun's face door, Xiao Yun turned his head sharply, this arrow grazed his face door, and actually wiped a blood groove on his face, burning pain.

Xiao Yun was furious, "Release the arrow!" ”

Five thousand cavalry fired arrows into the woods at the same time, only to see that there were continuous screams in the woods, and the black shadows jumped up and fled to the north, where a thousand shield troops had been ambushed, cutting off their retreat, and a thousand soldiers raised their shields, forming a shield wall three hundred steps long, and in the middle of the shield wall were spears.

At this time, the cavalry had already entered the woods, and the remaining nearly two hundred golden soldiers had no way to retreat, so they simply went out and fought hard, but unfortunately their numbers were too small, and only for a moment, the sound of fighting gradually disappeared, and all the three hundred golden soldiers who were ambushed in the woods were killed.

The Song army cleared the woods three times to confirm that there were no fish that slipped through the net, and then the battle ended.

Liu Jian also rushed to hear the news, and quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Tie said triumphantly: "I caught a big fish, Jin Bing always wanted to sneak attack the rear army, and tonight we were surrounded by the counter-surrounding, all of them were killed, and I earned three hundred horses!" ”

Liu Tie pointed to the distance, only to see dozens of Song soldiers leading a large group of war horses, this is a horse hidden in the woods at the other end, which was found and captured by the Song army.

Liu Jian shook his head, his brother likes to play small moves, stationing the logistics battalion close to the woods, obviously on purpose, fishing the golden soldiers, and these golden soldiers were actually fooled.

"You are too careless, beware of being smart but being mistaken by being smart."

"How is it possible, I think it so well......."

As soon as the words fell, a shout suddenly came from the south, and then there was a firelight, Liu Tie's face suddenly turned green, and he roared, and rushed to the south with hundreds of cavalry.

Liu Jian stared at the woods, and he suddenly ordered: "Burn the woods to me!" ”

"Obey!"

Xiao Yun agreed, and immediately ordered the soldiers to set fire to the forest, only a moment, the forest ignited and thick smoke billowed out, and at this moment, a large group of Jurchen cavalry suddenly rushed out from the woods, with thousands of people, and swooped towards the logistics food convoy.

Liu Jian snorted coldly, "Sure enough, it's not what I expected!" ”

He shouted, "Surround them and kill me!" ”

The cavalry led by Xiao Yun did not leave, they immediately rushed up, and the enemy's more than 1,000 cavalry fought fiercely, at this time, the main camp also had tens of thousands of soldiers killed, and in a short time, 20,000 Song troops surrounded more than 1,000 cavalry.

At this time, Liu Tie ran back from the south, his face was full of shame, he knew that he had won the plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, if it wasn't for his brother's accurate judgment, today's grain and grass logistics would be all over.

He stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Guilty of despicable duty!" ”

"Do you know what you made today?"

"Humble ..... Underestimate Jin Bing. ”

"That's right! You are too light on the enemy today, and you think that the other party did not see that you were deliberately stationed at the edge of the woods? The other party is going to calculate, the previous three hundred golden soldiers were sent by the other party to paralyze you, making you think that the woods are safe, and then the enemy army in the south will move the tiger away from the mountain, but the real main force will enter the woods again, do you think the golden soldiers are so brainless? ”

"Guilty of contemplation!"

"You are indeed guilty, demote you to the second level, remember today's lesson!"

Liu Tie's heart was gloomy, if Du Shuai was here, he might not be demoted to his military position, his brother was too strict with himself, but Liu Tie was also convinced, he knew that if his brother hadn't arrived in time, the 100,000 army could only retreat south in a panic tonight.

At this time, the battle gradually ended, the Jin soldiers refused to surrender, and fought to the death one by one, all 1,000 Jin soldiers were killed, and the Song army also paid the price of nearly 1,000 casualties.

Liu Kuan's face was very grim, 20,000 people besieged more than 1,000 Jin soldiers, and he actually suffered 1,000 casualties, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the Jin soldiers is still quite strong, if it is a one-to-one battle, the Song army may be defeated.

Not long after, a scout commander came back and reported: "Qi Qi is the capital, there are no more golden soldiers within a radius of twenty miles!" ”

It seems that the small group of golden soldiers sent by Wanyan Cha has been cleared, Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered: "Continue to investigate, don't relax!" ”

At this time, the battle was completely over, Liu Jian urged him to immediately go forward to check the situation of the enemy, Wanyan Cha sent out should be elite cavalry, but they were still wearing leather armor, the weapon was good, it was the best standard weapon in Liao, why not the iron armor in his imagination?

Liu Jian was really a little puzzled, could it be that the 20,000 gold soldiers stationed in Datong Mansion were not the core army of Wanyan Xieye?