Chapter Forty-Seven: Who's Sending the Arrow?
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In Heishiling, the Liao army under Xiao Siwen's account has become a member of the Song army, Xiao Xuanwu and they have not been discriminated against and abused by the Song army since they returned to the Song army, and their treatment is the same as that of the Song army, but because they have just returned to the Song army, they still have to work for a period of time to help build the fortifications of Heishiling.
The Liao army in the Black Stone Ridge is also in the process of transformation, and there is a special gentleman in the Song camp to teach the sergeant, which is also what Zhao Dezhao suggested to Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning, the most important thing for the army to fight is the cohesion of the soldiers, if the soldiers are not united, it is like a plate of loose sand, and no matter how weak the army is, it will be defeated.
Xiao Siwen is standing next to a teacher at this moment, the teacher is a little old man in his fifties, weathered, his hair has turned gray, he is teaching the Liao army in the barracks, for example, soldiers are fighting to protect their families and defend the country, soldiers are not allowed to take a stitch and a thread from the people when they join the army, etc., soldiers must strictly abide by military discipline, and those who violate military regulations will be punished.
In this teacher's words, many of them were heard by Xiao Siwen for the first time, and many of them made Xiao Siwen think deeply, if the soldiers were really like Song Jun, the world would live a peaceful life from now on, but Xiao Siwen felt that Song Jun would do this one day.
"Report, Xiao stays behind, there is a military report from the Flying Fox." Xiao Xuanwu didn't know what was going on, he rushed into the military tent at once, and saw that the teacher was teaching the Liao army, and all the Liao soldiers present suddenly raised their heads and looked at him.
"What's the matter? Xuanwu, or let's go out and talk. Xiao Siwen gestured to Xiao Xuanwu, and then the two immediately walked out of the military tent.
Xiao Xuanwu took out a letter from his chest, and he solemnly handed it to Xiao Siwen. I saw that the letterhead was the word of Jerod.
Immediately, Xiao Siwen unequivocally tore up the letter, and after reading it, Xiao Siwen understood the situation of the flying fox.
Now that he had taken refuge in the Song army, he planned to hand over the letter to Huyanzan and them, and then he left for Huyanzan's military tent. When Hu Yanzan saw Xiao Siwen coming, he immediately arched his hand and said: "I've seen Xiao Liushou, I don't know what Xiao Liushou is looking for me now?" ”
Xiao Siwen immediately took out the letter and said, "The grain and grass in the Flying Fox are about to be eaten, and Brother Yelu Xiu and they are here to ask about ......the grain and grass, soldiers and armor this time."
Xiao Siwen told Hu Yanzan about every move of the Liao army in the Flying Fox Mountain, and Hu Yanzan immediately said: "Xiao stays behind, part of our Song army has already sent troops to the mountains and mountains outside the Flying Fox Pass, your news came at the right time, now the stay only need to write a letter to tell Yelu Hugh Brother them, the Black Stone Ridge will arrange everything, and the rest will be handed over to us." Hu Yanzan did this because he was afraid that Xiao Siwen, who had just surrendered, would be difficult to do, after all, Yelu Xiuge was his subordinate.
Xiao Siwen understood what Hu Yanzan was thinking, he was also afraid that he would be embarrassed, and he also felt that if he met Yelu Xiu Ge and them, he didn't know how to face it.
Hu Yanzan then said: "The letter is going to bother Xiao to stay behind."
Xiao Siwen looked up at Hu Yan and said: "General Hu Yan is polite, if General Hu Yan hadn't cured me of the plague, Xiao would have been a white bone under the loess mound now, not to mention that now I am not left behind, everything still needs to be decided by His Majesty, and now what I can do is to recruit them." ”
"It's hard for Mr. Xiao." Hu Yanzan changed his title, and then Hu Yanzan immediately called Wei Kang and Jing Si to the military tent and explained the next thing.
Wei Kang and Jing Si immediately led their troops and went on the way back and forth.
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Far away from the Flying Fox, about fifteen miles away from the camp of the Liao army Yelu Xiuge, there are simple military villages built here, and they are all built around the mountain, although there is a bit of chaos, but the speed at which they build the military village is very fast, and the generals who know how to see it, will inevitably admire their way of stationing, quite the rules of marching and fighting.
These military villages are exactly where Li Jixun and Li Chuyun are stationed.
At this time, after Li Jixun and Li Chuyun finished walking their horses, they were feeding the horses outside the camp tent, when suddenly a Song army scout ran over and said, "Two General Li, Jaguar!" ”
Er Li's eyes suddenly looked at the scout and asked urgently, "Where did you come from?" ”
The scout immediately said, "It's from Blackstone Ridge."
"Oh? Let's take it into detail. Li Jixun snatched Li Chuyun's words.
Li Chuyun also said: "Say it quickly! ”
The scout said: "Xiao Siwen of the Liao army has led the army to surrender, and Heishiling has been controlled by our army!" ”
Li Chuyun said cautiously: "Has this news leaked out?"
The scout arched his hand and said: "General Huyan has ordered the news to be blocked, and if anyone leaks the news, he will be immediately killed."
"Hmm." Er Li nodded, and then looked at each other.
The scout suddenly remembered something important, and he said, "General Wei and General Jing have already led their troops back to this place, do the two generals plan to send troops now?"
Li Jixun said: "This matter has to be discussed in the long run, and it is better to wait for them to come back."
"Well, the end will be gone." The scout immediately gave a military salute and withdrew.
After the scouts left, Er Li stopped feeding the horses and immediately returned to the military tent to discuss again. That night, the lights in the tent were bright, and they were not extinguished all night.
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After one night, at dawn on the second day, the sun rose again from the east, and at this moment in the mountains and forests, the wind blowing was still very cloudy, and Wei Kang and they were already on the way back to Li to Yun and their military village. Within a radius of ten miles here are the territory controlled by the Song army, and even the scouts of the Liao army have been swept away one by one.
After half a cup of tea, Wei Kang and Jing Si had already arrived in the camp tent, and Er Li saw that Wei Kang and the others had not had breakfast, so he ordered the man to bring a lot of meat porridge to entertain Wei Kang and Jing Sijun, who had been shuttling in the forest for a night, and then ordered the sergeant to move the sand table over.
Outside the tent, several soldiers were moving the sand tables to the barracks, which Wei Kang had brought back from Heishiling, including the topographical area south of Ulju.
The military tent was crowded with the soldiers of the Song army, they were waiting for Wei Kang to describe everything in detail about the Black Stone Ridge, the Black Stone Ridge was successfully taken by the Song Army, it has always been an impossible task, and now the task has been completed, so everyone is very curious.
Wei Kang saw that the generals were looking forward to it, so he described everything in Heishiling, how the Song army captured it, and how Xiao Siwen defected to the Song army.
Erli, Wei Kang, Jing Si, and several other generals were discussing the battle plan against the Liao army of Yelu.
From the topography point of view, the east and west valleys are very narrow, like the caliber of a gourd, the Song army seems to block the way out of the Liao army, as long as the Song army on the east and west roads cooperate well, the Liao army will be caught in the block.
And at the moment, the news of Heishiling has not reached the Liao army, the Liao army thinks that they have enough reinforcements in the rear, and Xiao Siwen in Heishiling is also an extremely experienced general, and it is unlikely to be calculated by the Song army, so that the Liao army will think that they have quite a lot of troops, if the eastern front starts a battle at once, the Liao army will choose to go out of the pass and fight with the Song army in most cases.
Er Li was very happy to see Wei Kang, they were now preparing to use troops against the Flying Fox, and for the whole situation, at the moment they were like an arrow on the bow, they had to send it, and the current timing was the best.
Combined with the recently collected military reports, Er Li concluded that the situation was as they expected.
Wei Kang pointed to the flying fox on the sand table, and he said: "What we have to face in the next battle is the elite of the Liao army, and the combat effectiveness of Yelu Xiuge is not low, and we also ask the officials to send more grain, grass and armor, so that our chances of victory will be greater."
Jing Si also said, he agreed with what Wei Kang said, "What Ping An said is good, Xiao Siwen arranged the Liao army at the Flying Fox Pass before, just to guard against the Song army, and this time we came here, Xiao Siwen told us about his arrangement." ”
Li Chuyun said: "The most important thing is to march and fight, knowing oneself and knowing the other is the most important thing, so that we can win the war, as for when to send troops, I think it is better to end as soon as possible, the grain and grass of the Liao army in the Flying Fox will be eaten one day, and at that time they will send people to Ulzhou to transport grain and grass."
"Time doesn't wait for me, years don't wait with me, the closest to us is the reinforcements from Jinpo Pass, and the officials should be impatient."
"Well, we ......" Jing Si had just said half a sentence, when suddenly another scout outside the military tent was outside. Newspaper - Our reinforcements have arrived. ”
Li Chuyun. Li Jixun and the others immediately said to the generals in the military tent: "The reinforcements have arrived, let's go to the gate of the military village." Er Li could feel the trembling of the ground, and they immediately opened the gate of the military village, only to see people and horses on the sheep intestine path in the distance, as well as four-wheeled carriages.
This cavalry force quickly came towards the military village, and the whole ground suddenly became turbulent, and their armor was also well-equipped, with chain mail, Mingguang armor and other armor, and the horses under their crotch were also high-headed horses.
This cavalry was the cavalry of the Song army, they came from Yizhou, and they arrived here in a hurry after this morning, and behind them, there was a long queue, and there were many four-wheeled carriages transporting grain, grass and other materials. They came from Kaifeng day and night, and a lot of this baggage was to support the battle in the north.
At this time, when this strong team arrived in front of Li Chuyun and them, all the soldiers on the horse dismounted. The young general at the front was Cao Can, and when he saw Li Chuyun, he immediately arched his hand and said, "Cao Can has seen Uncle Li and you. ”
"The virtuous nephew came from Yizhou to escort grain and grass, and worked all the way, so he rested for a while."
"No, this grain and grass still have to be disposed of." Cao Can walked to Wei Kang's side and asked, "I received the news from Heishiling, did Xiao Siwen really surrender?" ”
Wei Kang immediately answered his doubts, "I did surrender, I just came out of Heishiling yesterday, and I still have Xiao Liushou's information about Yelu Xian and Yelu Xiuge." ”
"Oh, I believe it. By the way, can you tell us about the situation in Blackstone Ridge? ”
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"Oh, I see." Cao Can understood, "By the way, when will we be able to launch an attack on the Flying Fox." ”
Wei Kang said: "The military rations of the Liao army are no longer enough, and when the time comes, Xiao Siwen will personally send people to pretend to deliver food to Yelu Xiuge and them, and then our men and horses can be mixed into the team that delivers food." ”
Cao Can asked, "This plan is very good, I don't know when they will do it?" ”
Wei Kang: "According to what Xiao Liushou said, they will set off tonight, and most of them are Liao troops, so this will not make Yelu suspicious of them, unless the news of Heishiling has leaked out." ”
"Even if it leaks out, Xiao Siwen personally escorts the military rations, and they won't be suspicious at all."
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PS. I've been busy lately.,The updates are all at night.,Everyone's understanding.。