Chapter 924: The decisive battle against the Khitan

"Weichen Wang Yanzhang (Wang Yanlong) See Your Majesty, thank you Your Majesty for sending someone to break the formation and rescue my two brothers."

After the Tianmen Array was broken, Wang Yanlong and Wang Yanzhang returned to the barracks and found that Liu He's army had arrived, and hurriedly thanked Liu He.

Liu He said with a smile: "All this is the credit of General Yang, General Du and Marshal Mu, without them, I would not be able to crack this Tianmen Array, if it is a long time, the two of you will starve to death even if you are hungry." ”

When the brothers Wang Yanzhang heard this, they hurriedly expressed their gratitude to Yang Qilang, Du Jin'e and Mu Guiying, and the two sides were naturally humble, which is needless to mention.

At this time, after treatment and recuperation, Huang Zhong has now recovered his state, because he led the army to serve as the vanguard in the process of not only futilating, but let Wang Yanlong's brothers all trapped in the Tianmen array, Huang Zhong's heart was very guilty, and he felt that his face was gloomy, so he took the lead in asking Liu He to lead the army to a decisive battle with the Khitan.

At this time, Liu He also learned the news that Yelu Deguang, the prince of Khitan, had led the crowd to the camp, and when he heard that Xiao Tianzuo was killed, Yelu Deguang was shocked and ordered the whole army to reorganize the ranks and prepare for a decisive battle with the Han army.

Although there was a small defeat before and the loss of the general Xiao Tianzuo, the Khitan had 50,000 people, and the Han army was only less than 20,000 people.

Therefore, Yelu Deguang has ordered that all the officers and men of the army have a good night's rest, and lead the army to attack the Han army camp early the next morning, and be sure to capture Liu He, the son of the Han Dynasty, alive.

It's no wonder that Yelu Deguang is so arrogant, he does have arrogant capital, because under his command there are famous Khitan generals such as Yelu Huge, Yelu Xianzhen, Han Derang, Xiao Tianyou, Xiao Tzu Rin, Han Yanshou, and wise men like Yelu Chucai, who can really be said to have both civil and military skills, and pay equal attention to offense and defense.

Liu He had long been very clear about Yelu Deguang's moves, and it was precisely because he knew Yelu Deguang's plan that Liu He would agree to the request for a decisive battle with the Khitan. He ordered all the officers and men of the army to prepare for battle with all their might, and to fight a decisive battle with the Khitan early the next morning, so as to win a complete victory and inflict heavy losses on the enemy.

In fact, this decisive battle is not only a dignified decisive battle, because Liu He has already completely mastered Yelu Deguang's battle plan through systematic monitoring, so this time is not only a general decisive battle, but also an ambush battle.

The venue of this decisive battle, Liu He chose the open land ten miles away from his camp, this area is a dense forest, it is really a natural ambush site, and this place is only ten miles away from the Han army camp, the Khitan people set off from the camp to the Han camp, here is the most relaxed time, once the ambush is laid here, it will definitely make the Khitan people pay a painful price.

So Liu He ordered Huang Zhong and Li Dingguo to lead 3,000 soldiers to ambush in the dense forests on both sides, and the main army was not far from the open area in the middle.

Early the next morning, Yelu Deguang led the army to the Han army camp, because the plan of yesterday's march was secretly discussed by him and his henchmen, and no one else knew about it, so Yelu Deguang was quite confident, the Han army would never know that they would launch a surprise attack this morning, as long as their own 50,000 troops launched an attack unexpectedly, no matter how elite the Han army was, it would definitely fall into a panic, as long as the Han army fell into a panic, they would definitely win a big victory.

"I raided the Han army camp with 50,000 people, the plan is so thorough, and the secrecy measures are perfect, if this can't be defeated, it is better to hit the wall and die." Yelu Deguang was full of extreme confidence in his battle plan this time, and thought silently.

At this moment, I saw the general Yelusha come to report: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, although there is an open area in front, but there are dense forests on both sides, General Hugh Ge sent the last general to ask Your Majesty, the dense forest ahead may be full of danger, I wonder if our army will continue to advance?" ”

When Yerod heard this, he immediately said: "Now that our army's actions are in secrecy, the Han army must not know about it, in this case, our army is unexpected, unprepared, and it should be like a thunderstorm, how can you hesitate at this time?" What's more, although there are dense forests on both sides, this place is also an open area, even if there is a real change, our army can retreat calmly, what are you afraid of him? Pass my general order, the whole army must not stop, hurry to the Han army camp outside, if anyone does not arrive before dawn, will be dealt with by military law! ”

After receiving the order, Jerusha immediately rushed to the front and conveyed the order to Jeruxiugo, who did not hesitate to give the order and immediately ordered the army to continue to advance.

"What the prince said is not unreasonable, how could we leak the battle plan with such strict secrecy measures? Since the Han army did not know our plan, it was impossible for them to lay an ambush in the dense forest ahead, and I also sent people here last night to investigate, but there was no one, in this case, the Han army would never have laid an ambush here, unless they knew our secret in advance. ”

Thinking of this, Jerushugeo relieved himself a little and led the army to continue advancing.

When they first arrived at the dense forest, out of instinct, they still ordered the whole army to be on guard, but when they were halfway there, they still did not see the ambush, and they immediately completely relieved their minds and ordered the army to advance at full speed.

However, after they had walked more than ten zhang distance, they suddenly heard the sound of bangs in the forest, followed by a sharp sound of breaking the air, accompanied by crossbow arrows like flying locusts.

The unsuspecting Khitan soldiers were shot by crossbow arrows one after another, and the screams instantly sounded everywhere, and the originally neat formation suddenly sounded like a frying pan, and the soldiers began to dodge the crossbow arrows everywhere in order to save their lives.

Seeing this, Yelu Deguang panicked, immediately drew his sword and killed several soldiers who had fled, and shouted: "Don't panic, the soldiers on the periphery put up big shields, form a defensive formation, and quickly rush through this dense forest, so that the enemy's archers will not cause us harm." ”

Yelu Deguang's generals Yelu Xuan, Yelu Xiuge, Han Derang, Xiao Tzu Rin and others are all famous generals in the history of Liao, not only wise and brave, but also extremely extraordinary, and quickly reacted in the first time of the attack and stabilized the formation, which boosted the morale of the army slightly.

However, at this moment, I saw a feather arrow flying from the left, and an arrow hit Xiao Tzu Rin's throat, Xiao Tart Rin screamed, spit blood from his mouth, and died of anger immediately.

The Khitan soldiers were shocked, but before they could react, they saw a feathered arrow on the right side also fly over, and an arrow hit the center of Yeluxiu's eyebrows, and Yeluxiuge also screamed and died.

In just a moment, the two generals in the Khitan camp were killed by arrows, which made the military heart that had just stabilized slightly fall into panic again, and even those generals were panicking to find a hiding place in a panic, so as not to be killed by a master in the Han army with an arrow.

And almost at the same time, I only heard the earth-shattering shouting and killing sound in front of me, only to see smoke and dust, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling, Liu He personally led 10,000 cavalry soldiers to kill them.