Volume 3: A Generation of Tianjiao - Chapter 29: Zhao Jialang (7)

Although since the start of the war, the Northern Han side has never counted the tens of thousands of horses led by Yelu's enemy, and has basically made up its mind to rely on its own strength to defeat the Zhou army, but when the Khitan side withdrew so obviously that it could no longer hide it, the Han army still felt a piercing coldness from top to bottom - that was a feeling of despair

Wang Dezhong, who has been paying attention to the movements of the Khitan army for several hours, is the first person to find out that the Liao army is retreating, Yelu's deployment is very serious, and the first to move is the military tent in the rear, and the elite palace guards have been facing the Zhou army under his command, so so far Li Chongjin and Bai Chongzan's troops have never dared to move lightly, even if Chai Rong is bold, it is impossible to make a strategic deployment of not leaving reserves in the face of the Liao-Han coalition army, in this sense, the Liao army even if it does not participate in the war, Just sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight on one side can cause great pressure on the Zhou army. ()

In the same way, when the Liao army abandoned this posture and began to withdraw its troops, this pressure was reversed, and it was countered by the Han army.

Liu Min's heart was like falling into an ice cellar, his white-haired head was at a loss, he didn't know why Yelu Dilu wanted to turn his back on himself at this critical moment, the battle situation has developed to this moment, he has realized that his initial strategy of trying to defeat Chai Rong with the strength of the Han army itself is actually unrealistic, it turns out that even if there is no Guo Wei, who is old in military affairs, personally commands the army, even if he has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, this rice boy in front of him who is less than fifty steps away from him is still not easy to defeat.

Could it be that because of his negligence at this moment today, Yelu changed the national policy of the Khitan to aid the Han Zhou?

Liu Min didn't want to believe this, although Yelu Dilu was also a famous minister and important general in the Khitan country, leading the control side, but when it came to the core policy of the Great Liao State, he was not qualified to speak, even if it was just with Wen.

Is it Yelu Tartlie, who is guarding Nanjing, who has changed his mind? Or has there been a big change in the tent of the Great Liao Palace?

Based on Liu Min's understanding of the Khitan national conditions, the latter is probably more likely.

The struggle between Zhang Yuanhui and Shi Shouxin continued, and Shi Yanchao's blocking and flanking attacks caused Zhang Yuanhui's command confusion showed no signs of improvement in a short period of time. Zhang Yongde's main force of the Chinese army has completely suppressed Li Cunhuan's regimental soldiers on the battlefield, the positions of the front army have been scattered, dozens of commanders have been broken up, and it is difficult to recover without more than half an hour, and although the imperial front soldiers around Chai Rong have few troops at this moment, they are still pressing step by step, and the Chinese army of the Han army has been in chaos, although it occupies an overwhelming advantage in numbers, it can only be pressed and beaten by the Zhou army. At this moment, the hole cards of the two sides have been almost revealed, and Liu Min is now only left with the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the rear army under the command of Duan Chang and Wei Jin, and the Zhou army Li Chongjin's headquarters has not moved, and the strength is also around 5,000 people.

Liu Min knew that the 5,000 people in the rear army were not on the same level as the 5,000 people in Li Chongjin's hands.

These troops are temporarily recruited from the counties north of Taiyuan, and they have never been in battle formations, and they can barely look like they can barely look at the city and suppress the bandits on weekdays, but that's all, it is an unrealistic fantasy to ask them to go into battle and fight the enemy.

For Li Chongjin's department, but it is the elite of the forbidden army, a few days ago, in the first battle, and Zhang Yuanhui's department did not fall into the wind for a day, based on this alone, it can be understood that this army is by no means Duan Changweijin's rear army can deal with.

Zhang Yuanhui's department is the main force of the main force of the Northern Han Dynasty, the elite of the elite.

Bai Conghui is a veteran who has followed the Liu brothers since the time of Shi Jingjiao, and he has never fallen behind against the Khitan Iron Cavalry in Hebei back then, but the performance of the opponent's huge general since the start of the war today still shocked him, this person has been rushing and killing in front of the battle for nearly two hours since noon, and he has been wounded in at least a dozen places, but he is still wielding the hammer with the iron bones stained with the blood of the Han soldiers.

Aside from bravery, with this physical strength alone, Bai Conghui felt a burst of heart palpitations, he was a Tuguhun man, tall and majestic, even so, if he had to fight in front of the battle for two hours in a row, he was already tired and weak.

Bai Conghui sighed and asked himself, if he fought face-to-face with this person as soon as he came up, he was afraid that he would not be an opponent.

But now...... Bai Conghui urged the war horse, waved the horse lance in his hand, and stabbed at the brave general of the Zhou army who had just smashed the spear of a Han soldier.

Zhao Kuangyin really couldn't hold on anymore, the iron bones in his hands were getting heavier and heavier, and sweat couldn't stop dripping down his forehead, stabbing him a little unable to open his eyes. He gasped and instinctively smashed open the wooden gun of a Han sergeant, but the iron bone in his hand almost flew out.

At this moment, Bai Conghui's horse lance stabbed over.

Bai Conghui is a veteran of the battlefield, and the position of the horse lance is quite high, not towards Zhao Kuangyin's heart, but towards the throat that is not protected by armor and heart goggles, Zhao Kuangyin blinked, and the sharp blade of the horse lance was less than four inches away from his carotid artery.

Zhao Kuangyin was thrilled with a cold shiver, his body was instantly covered with cold sweat, at the critical moment, his hands subconsciously let go of the snatched iron bones, the fat body leaned back suddenly, the tip of the horse lance hung on the upper edge of his helmet, hung the helmet down, rubbed a blood mark at the center of his eyebrows, Zhao Kuangyin's horse could no longer bear it, and lay down on his stomach as soon as his hind legs were weak.

Bai Conghui stabbed the air with a shot, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he couldn't imagine that Zhao Kuangyin could still dodge his attack in this situation, he threw off the helmet hanging on the blade of the horse lance, and was about to withdraw the horse lance, but suddenly found a strong downward pull, and couldn't help leaning forward, leaving the saddle, at the critical moment, Bai Conghui shouted, his legs and calves and stomachs tightened suddenly, and his own war horse slacked a painful neigh, which stabilized his body and was not pulled off the horse by someone with the horse lance. He settled down and looked at Zhao Kuangyin, but saw Zhao Kuangyin, who was lying on his back facing the sky, holding his horse lance with both hands, and actually grinned at himself.

A Han soldier next to him swung a knife at Zhao Kuangyin's head and chopped it down, Zhao Kuangyin didn't blink his eyes, but just slightly tilted his head, and the impetuous Han army's knife chopped on the ground, and the blade almost grazed Zhao Kuangyin's ear, but he didn't even touch a hair.

The Han soldier was stunned for a moment, and was about to pick up his knife to chop again, when a bloody hole suddenly opened in his chest, and a wooden gun pierced him from behind.

All this happened in an instant, Bai Conghui was embarrassed, shouted, and the arm of the horse lance was withdrawn, but the strong force that stuck to the barrel of the gun could not be shaken off no matter what, and just as he was tense and ready to use all his strength, a feather arrow shot through his right elbow through the armor leaf silk......

Bai Conghui gasped, bared his teeth and let go of the gun, turned his eyes in shock and anger, but saw that more than a dozen steps away, behind the sparse figure of the Zhou army's armor, the Great Zhou Emperor with a cold face was holding a bow in his left hand, and he had already recognized a wolf's tooth arrow in his right hand.

Just like that, Zhao Kuangyin turned over and stood on the ground, the heavy armor didn't seem to cause him the slightest burden, Zhao Kuangyin had already turned the horse lance when he got up, and the black blade pointed obliquely at Bai Conghui who was sitting on the horse.

Bai Conghui snorted coldly, and reached out to pull out a cooked copper wedge from behind his back......

No matter how brave Zhao Kuangyin is at the moment, Bai Conghui will never believe that he still has the strength to fight with him at this moment, even if he only has his left hand at the moment, he is sure to solve the grown man in front of him within a few rounds.

However, he did not move, holding the wrought copper wedge in his left hand, and his eyebrows furrowed.

The few remaining Zhou army soldiers gradually gathered over, and when they pulled out the cooked copper mace, there were three armored tooth soldiers standing beside Zhao Kuangyin with spears and guns, all three of them were panting and swaying, with blood stains on their bodies that they didn't know if it was their own or others, and their faces were covered with sweat, one of them lost his helmet like Zhao Kuangyin, and the three of them gasped and stood beside Zhao Kuangyin, raising their spears and spears and pointing at Bai Conghui obliquely.

Bai Conghui's teeth clenched suddenly.

The two sides have been fighting for two hours, and the remaining strength is about to be exhausted, and the Han army has an advantage in terms of strength, so the Zhou army has been in an unfavorable situation of outnumbering the crowd for two hours, and once the Zhou army soldiers are alone, they will be swallowed up by the surging crowd of the Han army. Later, the strength of the Zhou army became thinner, and now it is so small that it is difficult for the rest of the Zhou army to assemble into an array, except for the dozens of cavalry guarding the emperor Chai Rong, who have always maintained a complete formation.

However, the few foot soldiers in front of him ......

Bai Conghui subconsciously looked at the sides, but it was empty, and he couldn't see half of the Han army.

Just a moment ago, there were also Han army foot soldiers who swung their knives and slashed at Zhao Kuangyin's head...... Now I can't see a shadow.

Bai Conghui turned his head, and a large number of Han army foot soldiers were staggering back, with unconcealable panic and horror in their eyes, their eyes were looking at the same person, the black-faced fat man who was holding a horse lance and pointing at Bai Conghui who was panting slightly.

At this scene, five more Zhou soldiers gathered around Zhao Kuangyin, and the five people lined up in a row, and the spears were pointed at Bai Conghui.

Bai Conghui gritted his teeth, holding the cooked copper wedge in his left hand and trembling slightly, the army's morale was so corrupted, this battle didn't need to continue to be fought to know the outcome of the battle......

Zhao Kuangyin used all his strength to barely hold his trembling legs and not fall weak, as for how to deal with Bai Conghui when he came up with a cooked copper hammer to fight for his life, he didn't want to think about it anymore. He tilted his head, and there was a piercing pain in the position of the large vertebrae at the back of his head, although Bai Conghui only took his helmet with him, but the strong torsion force when the iron helmet was picked up still injured his neck and large vertebrae, the pain was piercing, he could only stay motionless at the moment, raise his head, and lower his head, I am afraid that tears and snot will hurt out.

With a straight face, his head raised, his lance raised, and his legs raised, he took a big step forward.

The bright blade shook Bai Conghui's war horse trembling for a while, and involuntarily neighed and took a few steps back, Bai Conghui suddenly tightened the reins of the horse before stopping.

The seven soldiers standing side by side with him strode forward at the same time, next to him again, a row of spears still pointing at Bai Conghui.

Bai Conghui was so angry that the green tendons on his head burst out, when will this Tugu Hun Yong be subjected to such pickled gas? Immediately, the wrought brass in his left hand was raised in the air—and then there was a rush of dialing.

Seven or eight arrows shot at him crookedly, and the accuracy was not good, but because the distance was too close, the strength was sufficient, and if it was in the middle of the top, it would inevitably be uncomfortable for a while.

Bai Conghui raised his head to look at the Zhou army, but saw that the remaining less than 100 infantry cavalry of the Zhou army were slowly gathering and pressing up, although almost all of these people were injured, they were still pushing towards the direction of the Han army without wavering and uncompromising at their original speed.

Bai Conghui turned back again—this time he could see clearly that the Han soldiers had already vacated a large open space of nearly twenty paces behind him.

He saw that the gray-haired old emperor was standing behind and shouting and scolding, raising his sword and slashing people......

Zhao Kuangyin lifted his leg again and took a step forward.

The tip of the horse lance almost touched Bai Conghui's horse's head, the war horse neighed, turned its head and wanted to turn away, Bai Conghui's legs clamped sharply, and then the beast turned back.

In the Zhou army's array, Ma Renyu drew his bow and arrows, and more than a dozen tooth soldiers and guards around him followed suit, and more than a dozen arrows shot towards Bai Conghui again.

This time, Bai Conghui struggled with all his strength to get down in the rain of arrows, but there were still two arrows that caused him a lot of damage - one hit the base of his thigh under his battle skirt, and the other shot at his right forearm.

This time, Bai Conghui knew that he couldn't continue to hold on, and he was hit by two arrows in his right arm, and it was difficult for him to hold the reins at this moment.

Just as Bai Conghui began to turn around and turn back, changes occurred again on the Gaoping battlefield.

Li Chongjin, who had been holding back, suddenly waved his flags and horns, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of military horses rushed towards the Chinese army of the Han army like mercury.

This sudden change caught both Zhou and Han off guard.

Zhang Yongde was so anxious that he jumped to his feet - the rear army of the Han army still hadn't moved, and at this time, the left army of the Zhou army was moving, which was unwise to show treasure in advance.

Zhang Yuanhui's pupils contracted slightly—he saw that there were faint banners and smoke and dust raised by cavalry in the rear of Li Chongjin's left army.

Suspicious tactics? Zhang Yuanhui glanced at Shi Yanchao and Shi Shouxin, who had already joined forces and were still struggling to support them, and hesitated in his heart.

Soon, Zhang Yuanhui knew that this was not a suspicious plan.

More than 2,000 sweaty cavalry of the Zhou army suddenly swept in from the direction of both wings.

These cavalrymen were covered with smoke and dust, and even their mounts were tired and soft, without the slightest murderous aura.

Despite this, Zhang Yuanhui was still shocked.

A rough count shows that in this short half of a moment, the number of cavalry of the Zhou army on the battlefield has exceeded three hundred.

"Whose soldier is this?" The first question that flashed through Zhang Yuanhui's mind was this question.

When both sides were already in a desperate fight, a reinforcement from the Zhou army suddenly appeared on the battlefield, what does all this mean?

Could it be that the escape of Fan and He Erjun was a plan secretly set up by Lord Zhou to lure the enemy?

Chai Rong naturally knew that he had never arranged any plan to lure the enemy, and when Li Chongjin was attacking the left army in a big way, his heart was also tight, he was not worried that Li Chongjin would suffer losses, he was worried that Li Chongjin would make the wrong target.

Therefore, seeing Li Chongjin leading his troops into the front army of the Han army in the melee, Chai Rong breathed a sigh of relief, and then he also saw the cavalry and smoke and dust that suddenly appeared in the rear, and the Great Zhou Tianzi simply put away the bow and arrow that he had been holding in his hand, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Ci finally came up, and this battle was basically over

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"The selection of reinforcements or partial division commanders is of great significance to the change of the situation of the war, as mentioned above, if it is not General Blucher who rushes to the battlefield of Mount St. John, but Marshal Grouchy, who is highly expected by the emperor, then the result of Waterloo will be completely different, it should be said, although Blucher lost the battle, he won strategically, and Grouchie, although he won the battle, lost strategically......

In the military tent, Li Wenge was talking eloquently with a whip in his hand, Qin Haoran descended, and a group of officers of the Eighth Route Army, large and small, sat on the bed and stared at the white cloth hanging on a wooden board with eyes of different sizes, on which the graphics of mountains and rivers were drawn, and a line of words was written on it: Mountains and rivers of the Huaqiao Road Campaign.

"Report—" A childish voice sounded.

Li Wenge looked at the "doll" who raised his hand: "Say-"

The boy stood up, his special short military uniform adorned with a small epaulette, and he was a lieutenant of the fruit.

The young man's face was immature, but his demeanor was indescribably old: "My lord, I think that Captain Lu's military horse arrived first, purely by luck, purely on the art of war, Captain Ge may not be worse than Captain Lu, in the final analysis, it is still for the monarch to entrust the lost person, with the king of a great country, the general of the pro-imperial Yidi, has already lost the opportunity, the victory can not be praised, the defeat will destroy the country and die, this move of the king of the Na clan can be compared to Tang Taizong's expedition to Goryeo, labor and money, it is really not necessary to ......"

The young man talked eloquently, but he didn't see that Venus was already in front of Taiwei Li, and he really couldn't listen to it: "...... Wang Chengmei, this is a strategy class...... If you want to change your career to political work, go to the tent next door......"

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"Cheng Dejun Festival envoy Tongzhong Shumen under the Pingzhang minister Cao Ying knocked to see the saint"

Looking at the emaciated former palace marshal saluting to himself, Fu had mixed feelings, only a few months ago, this person was still his father's powerful minister, and when they met, they were the princesses and princesses, and they had to salute his juniors, and now the status of the monarch and the minister was established, and the upper and lower dignity was reversed almost instantly.

"Deshuai Ping"

Cao Ying lifted her robe and stood up, although her face was pale, she was quite calm.

Fu Shi waved his hand, Huangmen moved over the seat, Fu Shi smiled: "De Shuai, please sit"

Cao Ying arched his hand: "Don't be a saint with a 'please' word"

As he spoke, he was not polite, and sat down after picking up.

Fu Shi looked at Cao Ying's pale face and sighed: "The two old Linggongs both misunderstood that Uncle De was falsely sick, but the niece knew that Uncle De was really sick."

Cao Ying raised his head, glanced at the queen, and replied slowly: "True illness and false illness, they are all diseases, and those who are sick do not need to be cared for by the saints, but they are old brothers with strong muscles and strong blood, and they need to be paid more attention to by Your Majesty and the saints......"