Chapter 44: The Battle Clouds Gather
Yelu Bodhisattva led the Liao army to the south, and a group of Liao troops followed, heading straight to the south.
The Liao army was all excited, their faces were flushed, and the light in their eyes flashed, as if victory was in sight. For hundreds of years, the Liao State pressed the Song Dynasty to fight, so that the Song Dynasty had no power to fight back, as long as the Liao army dispatched, there will be some gains, in addition to getting the Song Dynasty's gold and silver, silk, tea, spices, you can also take the women of the Song Dynasty to provide them with silver and pleasure.
Although there is no way to take the strong city of the Song Dynasty, this capture is still quite rich, and the Liao army can make a fortune, enjoy it inexhaustibly, and have many benefits. This time to the south, it is in the favorite ice and snow of the Liao army, once against the Song army, the Liao army has a huge advantage, and the benefits can be imagined, so it is impossible to make the Liao army not excited.
A group of Liao troops drove out, like a long dragon, with no end in sight, rolling south, splashing large areas of ice and snow, and the ground was trembling!
xxxxxx Xiongzhou, Zhou Wei took the information from Zheng Tai and Wu Ji, his eyebrows were furrowed, he groaned, and muttered: "Is this credible?" ”
Lin Hong analyzed: "General, Liaogou has not invaded the border for several years, it's not that Liaogou doesn't want to come, but he is waiting for an opportunity." Now, we have destroyed the Nagong Pavilion, the Liao State is not angry, and it is inevitable to regain face, and it is very possible for the Liao Dog to go south. ”
"That's right, the question is, when will Liaogou go south?" Zhou Wei nodded slightly: "I believe that Lord Zheng and Brother Wu have received reliable information, but they also don't know when Liaogou will go south." Speaking of which, Liaogou's combat power is strongest in the icy and snowy season, and now, with heavy snowfall, Liaogou is very likely to act. ”
After a slight pause, his thick eyebrows lifted, and he seemed to have made up his mind: "Anyway, we have to be ready." Sent a message to the guards everywhere, informing them that they should prepare for battle as soon as possible. We need to send more people and make diligent inquiries. When Liaogou mobilized the army, he was able to conceal the news, but once the army moved, it was thousands of troops moving together, and the movement was very large, and it was impossible to hide it if he wanted to. ”
This is very reasonable, when mobilizing the army, you can also play some tricks, and it is very likely to deceive the opponent. However, once the army moves, it is a thousand troops, and the movement is very large, and it is difficult to hide it anymore, unless it encounters an opponent like a stupid pig.
"Brother Wu has sent thousands of captive knives, which must be quickly equipped so that the brothers can familiarize themselves with them. Don't go to the battlefield, and you are not familiar with the captive knife, it is a laughing stock. Zhou Wei finally ordered.
The generals took orders and went to work.
"Brother Wu, if Liao Gou comes to attack Xiongzhou now, the captive knife you built will show its skills! Hehe, with such a sharp weapon in hand, why am I afraid of Liao dogs? Zhou Wei waved his hand, and his momentum was mighty: "Liao dog, come on!" Come on! ”
xxxxxxxxx converted, Wu Ji was training hard with the soldiers in the ice and snow, all wearing a thin shirt, but he was sweating like rain, practicing very seriously, and no one was lazy.
Ever since Wu Ji analyzed and understood to them that Liaogou's strongest combat power was in the ice and snow, the soldiers were determined to practice hard and never lose to Liaogou.
"Can't lose to Liaogou!"
"Never lose to Liaogou!"
The soldiers let out a shocking roar, with momentum like a rainbow, and practiced desperately.
Huangfu Song supervised on the side, listening to the roars of the soldiers, and was very satisfied. Although there is still a distance from training, at least this spirit is good, with this desperate energy, will it be worse to go to the battlefield?
"Gotta get it!"
The sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and I saw a horse galloping, a big man jumped off the horse, and hurried in, it was Qi Dabao, who saw Huangfu Song busy saluting: "Lord Huangfu, I want to see Commander Wu, there is something urgent, be fast!" Be quick! Be sure to be fast! ”
Qi Dabao's courage is good, there are few times when he is so anxious, Huangfu Song knows that there must be something big, otherwise, he will never be so eager, and hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, I will go and ask Wu to command." He turned and walked away quickly.
Wu Ji was practicing slashing with Li Mingchu, and a chopping knife was in his hand, the knife was shining, and it was very terrifying.
Li Mingchu's body was stronger than Wu Ji, and he slashed with a knife, without falling behind at all, and laughed while chopping: "Commander Wu, although your progress is amazing, but your body is too poor, no matter how fast you progress, you will not catch up with me in such a short time." Lo and behold! ”
Holding the hilt of the knife with both hands, a captive knife slashed down like thunder and lightning, which was very powerful.
"Good time!" Wu Ji roared and swung his sword to meet him. The two knives intersected, making a crisp impact sound, Wu Ji's arm was numb, and the slashing knife almost came off.
Li Mingchu bared his teeth, kept shaking his hands, and complained: "Commander Wu, you are really, not big, but not small, my hands, my hands!" It's almost breaking you! ”
"Let you even look down on me! Let you still look down on me! ”
Wu Ji couldn't help but be very proud when he saw Li Mingchu's painful appearance in his eyes, how long has it been since he changed from being weak to being able to shake Li Mingchu, a normal person. Although Li Mingchu is not a master, this is a huge improvement after all, and the hard work pays off, as long as he trains hard, it is only a matter of time before he becomes strong.
"Come again!" Wu Ji held the knife in both hands, and called for war.
"I'm not coming! Not coming! "Li Mingchu was timid.
"Commander Wu, slow!" Huangfu Song walked over quickly: "Qi Dabao is here, I have something urgent to find you, I am very anxious." ”
"Qi Dabao?" Wu Ji put away the knife and asked, "Did he say what happened?" ”
"I didn't say it, but, as I could guess from his eagerness, it was not trivial, it was not trivial." Huangfu Song urged: "You go and see him." ”
"Good!" Wu Ji and Qi Dabao have known each other for some time, and they know his surname, there is no big thing, he will never be so eager and stride away.
Rushed to the gate of the camp, only to see Qi Dabao leading a horse, standing in the snow, with an anxious face, when he saw Wu Ji coming, he hurriedly greeted him. Wu Ji was not allowed to speak, Qi Dabao hurriedly said: "Commander Wu, big news, Liaogou set off from Zhuozhou this morning!" 50,000 people, straight to Xiongzhou! ”
"Leaving this morning?" Wu Ji raised his head and looked at the sky, the sky was overcast, the snow was falling, and it was almost noon. The Liao army set off in the morning, and Qi Dabao got the information at noon, and Qi Yunshe's intelligence reconnaissance ability was quite amazing.
"Commander Wu, our Qiyun Society has been operating the Northland for many years, this is nothing." Qi Dabao understood why Wu Ji was surprised, and said proudly.
"Awesome! Terrible! Wu Ji had to admire and asked, "Is there a detailed situation?" ”
"Ye Luming led an army of 50,000 straight to Xiongzhou, and his goal was to capture Xiongzhou." Qi Dabao began to say in detail: "Liaogou made a big move this time, dispatching nearly 100,000 troops, 50,000 went straight to Xiongzhou, and the rest of the troops went straight to other cities, in order to contain these garrisons and prevent them from reinforcing Xiongzhou. I think that the conversion will also be attacked by Liaogou, and Commander Wu should make plans in advance. ”
Among all the cities in the north, Xiongzhou is the most critical, and conquering Xiongzhou is equivalent to opening up the passage into the Central Plains, concentrating the strongest troops to attack Xiongzhou, and the rest of the army to contain the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty, so the arrangement could not be better.
Conversion is the closest city to Xiongzhou, every time the Liao army goes south to Xiongzhou, it will be attacked by the Liao army, and this time will not be an exception, the Liao army will attack is inevitable, and should be prepared for defense as soon as possible.
Wu Ji immediately issued an order, asking the soldiers to stop training, recover their strength, and prepare for battle.
The training is very hard, it consumes a lot of physical strength, and if you train until the arrival of the Liao army, it is self-inflicted, and you have to recover the physical strength of the soldiers first. From Zhuozhou to Xiongzhou, there are still nearly two days to recover.
As soon as the order was handed down, the soldiers returned to the camp to rest, and they wanted to fight the Liao army in the fullest state.
"Can you send a message to General Zhou?" Xiongzhou is the key, if Xiongzhou is not protected, the Central Plains will be in danger, and Wu Ji has to care.
"Commander Wu, don't worry, we have someone to send a letter to General Zhou." Qi Dabao nodded hurriedly.
"That's good! That's good! Commander Wu smiled with relief, Qi Yun Society, which has extremely good intelligence ability, is much more convenient: "Let's go to see Lord Zheng and discuss how to fight this battle." ”
"That's for sure." Huangfu Song immediately chimed in.
Wu Ji, Qi Dabao, and Huangfu Song went straight to the county government. Mrs. Zheng was on a business trip, and when she saw the three of them coming, she knew that the matter was not trivial, so she hurriedly put down her official duties, welcomed the three of them in, served tea, and went straight to the topic: "The three of them are coming, there must be something important, please come." ”
"Lord Zheng, Liaogou is here. A total of 100,000 were dispatched, and 50,000 went straight to Xiongzhou, and our conversion would also be attacked. Wu Ji said concisely and appallingly.
"Good! Well done! When Mrs. Zheng heard this, not only was she not frightened, but she was overjoyed, and she looked like she wanted the Liao army to die: "Today's conversion army is no longer He Wan's full-time return army. ”
When He Wanquan was in charge of the Returning Army, it was a group of displaced people who had little combat power. Today's converts are still too early to say that the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, at least there are no horses yet. It's not that Wu Ji doesn't want war horses, but because the Song Dynasty lacked war horses, and the Converting Army only had a dozen war horses, and most of them were inferior horses, which were used for communication.
More importantly, the training of the Returned Faith Army has not yet met Wu Ji's requirements, and there is still some time before the training is truly completed. Of course, things are changeable, and it is impossible for the Liao army to attack after Wu Ji has trained the army.
Despite this, the Conversion Army is much stronger than when He Wanquan was in charge, and the equipment is needless to say, armed to the teeth, and better than the equipment of any border Song army. Its military discipline, training, combat effectiveness, and perseverance have all made a qualitative leap.
Commander Wu also thought that when the training was completed, he would drag the brothers to the Liao Realm to make a good fuss, so that the brothers could kill and kill, smell the blood, and experience the experience. Now it seems that there is no need for this, and I am waiting for Liao Dog to come and die! "Huangfu Song is the most happy, in order to enter the Liao realm, he is studying the information.
"Commander Wu, how are you going to fight?" Mrs. Zheng asked.
Speaking of this war, Wu Ji hasn't done it yet, it's quite tricky, fortunately, everything has a first time, and not doing it doesn't mean that it won't, Wei Yi pondered: "There is a way, the soldiers will block, the water will come to Tutun, we are talking here about how to fight, it's all on paper, we have to wait until the Liao Dog arrives, and then it depends on the situation." One thing is certain, however, that with the 500 soldiers in my possession, it is unlikely that I will be able to keep converting. ”
"This is easy to do, we still have a lot of heroes in Qiyun Society, I can convene them immediately." Qi Dabao immediately took over the conversation.
The heroes of Qiyun Society, all of them are skilled in riding and shooting, and they are not under the Liao army, with their help, it will be much easier to defend the city.
"I will give a decree that the people of the city be gathered together, and that they may be strengthened by the men of the city. The army and the people work together to fight against Liaogou! Mrs. Zheng was full of confidence: "In this way, you will be able to keep your conversion!" ”
(To be continued)