Chapter 223: Picturesque Country (2)
Li Siyuan saw that he was about to repel the Liao army, and before he was happy, he found that there was something wrong with the retreat of the Liao army, although Li Siyuan was only one of the many commanders in the Western Army, such figures, not one thousand, but eight hundred, but Li Siyuan was not a mediocre talent, seeing that the Liao people did not fall down, the queue was not chaotic, and even the wounded soldiers did not abandon a single one, it seemed that he had changed from being repelled to taking the initiative to retreat.
"Look, General." Li Siyuan's personal soldiers inadvertently glanced back, only to see a banner not far behind him, and the Liao army actually surrounded it, much faster than Li Siyuan expected.
Li Siyuan was stunned, shook his head and said: "This is impossible, how could the Liao army be so properly arranged, not to mention that our sentries have never found them all the way, straight mothers and thieves, are the Liao people all winged?" ”
Of course, the Liao army did not grow wings, but the heavy snow helped the Liao army a lot, and the Liao army covered the banner when it crossed the mountains and mountains, and the sound of the footsteps of the war horses in the heavy snow was inaudible, and when Li Siyuan thought it was impossible, it appeared.
Not far from a certain high ground, Yelu Dezhong looked at the Song army that was about to fall into a heavy siege, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, this heavy snow was half a foot thick before night, Li Siyuan was so aggressive, Yelu Dezhong knew that this battle, the Liao army was won.
Li Siyuan was really at a loss in the face of this situation, but only for a few minutes, Li Siyuan dispatched troops, the most important thing was to gather the war horses of the Song army, but the Song army lacked horses, so they could only carry the foot horses used, but in order to leave some soldiers on the road, there were nearly 1,000 horses collected.
What else can be said at this time. The foot horse can only be used as a war horse, and the top priority is to use the cavalry to rush out. The Liao people occupied a favorable terrain, even if 5,000 soldiers and horses could be 10,000 envoys, Li Siyuan immediately selected a thousand soldiers who were familiar with horses, and formed a cavalry army in a short time.
The cold light in Yeludezhong's eyes burst out, he didn't expect that Li Siyuan would still have the courage to organize the limited pack horses under the attack of the two armies, and actually dare to take the initiative to attack the Liao army, which is really impatient.
Thousands of cavalry rushed towards the Liao army like a rolling torrent under the command of Li Siyuan. Under the light of the moon in the night sky, against the background of the snow on the ground, this cavalry seemed to run in the void. That indomitable momentum was unshakable, and no matter what lay ahead, they seemed to be able to crush it.
Yerod on the ridge gasped when he saw this scene again. Jerod also commanded cavalry battles. However, Yelu admitted that the cavalry under his command was far from being comparable to the cavalry of the Song army in front of him, and the Song people cherished horses and lacked horses, so he did not expect the Song cavalry to reach such a level.
As soon as the Liao army lined up in formation, they saw the cavalry of the Song army rushing like a torrent, and the Liao soldiers seemed to feel that the Song army rushing in front of them was a whole and a ferocious beast.
The Liao soldiers saw that in front of the Song army was a general wearing a red cloak, who was holding a spear in one hand. With a sword in one hand, it is majestic. Murderous, like flying out of the sky.
The Liao soldiers are very smart, several of them rely on each other, want to fight for their lives, they are all acquaintances, even if they die in battle, as long as they kill this Song general, their families will also get blessings, so even if there is one percent of hope, they have to fight, and they have the will to die.
Li Siyuan snorted coldly, not to mention these Liao army foot soldiers in front of him, even in the face of the Western Xia Iron Harrier who was good at cavalry warfare, Li Siyuan was not afraid, and he used cavalry to deal with infantry, which originally had an advantage!
The spear in Li Siyuan's hand shook, and a spear head instantly turned into more than a dozen phantoms and stabbed towards the Liao soldiers, when the spear pierced into the Liao army's array, the Liao soldiers who relied on each other were crushed at once, and everyone was left with a deep wound, and their eyes lost their luster in an instant.
Li Siyuan was unforgiving, the spear was like an illusory shadow, the Liao soldiers had not yet approached Li Siyuan, and there was blood in front of him, Li Siyuan made a hundred people of the Liao army have no ability to resist with the power of one person and one horse, and collapsed quickly.
The cavalry of the Song army saw that their main general was so brave, and their morale increased sharply, and the two thousand cavalry closely followed Li Siyuan into the Liao army formation, and the big sword and spear in their hands flew up and down, setting off a bloody wind and rain, and the scattered blood and snowflakes blended together, the stumps and broken arms of the human body were all over the ground, and the neighing of the war horses and the miserable howls of the Liao soldiers came and went......
An officer of the Liao State saw that the Song army was like a fierce tiger, and his eyes couldn't help but become red with a lot of blood, he shouted, and dozens of soldiers gathered around him, shouting and killing in the direction where Li Siyuan was.
"Good time." Li Siyuan also saw this Liao general, the spear in his hand struggled to wave a move to sweep thousands of troops, the weapons waved by the Liao soldiers were all Li Siyuan's spear to Ge Fei, and several people's weapons were directly broken, Li Siyuan took advantage of the situation to clamp the horse's belly with his legs, spears and swords were waved one after another, the Liao general and more than ten Liao soldiers all died tragically in front of Li Siyuan's horse, and for a time the Liao army was intimidated by Li Siyuan's majesty and retreated.
Yelu Dezhong couldn't believe what he saw with his eyes, the Liao army couldn't stop the Song army's 1,000 cavalry, and there were signs of a large-scale rout, Yelu Dezhong really wanted to personally step forward to intercept Li Siyuan's pseudo-cavalry at this time.
"Shoot the arrows, what about the crossbowmen? Immediately block the cavalry of the Song army. Yelu shouted loudly: "If the Song army rushes closer, all the crossbowmen will be beheaded." ”
Li Siyuan was not a brave and unscrupulous general, when he led the army to rush to the front of the Liao, he did not stop at all, turned his horse's head, changed directions, and killed from the right side of the Liao army, so that the crossbowmen of the Liao army had no use.
"General, more than 300 people were killed in our army." Li Siyuan's personal soldiers quickly counted the casualties, thanks to Li Siyuan's good management of the army, knowing his subordinates well, and how many people died in battle can be seen at a glance.
When Li Siyuan heard this, he was suddenly proud, and his cavalry army only lost more than 300 people, and the casualties caused to the Liao army were only no less than 500 people, which was a great victory in adversity.
A victory did not scare Li Siyuan's mind, he knew the danger of his army's current situation, and the slightest carelessness would end up in the annihilation of the entire army, "Li Pu, you lead the cavalry to continue to attack the infantry of the Liao army, even if there is only one person and one horse left, you have to continue to impact ...... me."
After Li Siyuan deployed the cavalry, the fast horse returned to the army's formation, and under the resistance of the cavalry, it was about possible to win half an hour, and in this half an hour, the Liao army would not be able to organize an effective attack, which would also be the half hour that would determine the life and death of the Song army.
If they can't take this opportunity to kill the Liao people, what awaits them is the price of heavy casualties and even the annihilation of the entire army. (To be continued......)