At noon on 17 February, in Xianghe County, 130 miles southeast of Youzhou, Yang Gon led his troops into the county seat for less than half an hour, and Zhang Yue then led 17,000 paces and cavalry to rush in, lined up four miles east of the city, and sent soldiers to the city to shout and scold, but the Liao army just closed the city and did not come out, and only sent a small group of rangers to explore the horses on the outskirts of the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Gon stood at the head of the city at this time and looked into the distance, and saw that the large array of the Zhou army was spread out horizontally for three or four miles, and the front army array had erected a half-person-high shield wall, and the back looked like a forest of swords and guns, and there were more dense banners covering the sky and the sun, and it was impossible to see how many phalanxes there were at a distance.

The ranger horse has been blocked two or three miles away, and the last hour has not been cleared out of the Zhou army, and the only gain is to confirm the Zhou army's handsome flag, a big "chapter" word.

Now Yang Gon finally knew that it was a fierce opponent. In the spring and summer of last year, when Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xian supported Li Yiyin, they were defeated at the hands of this person, so that the army arrived but in vain, and after returning to Beijing, he was punished by the emperor Yelu Jing, and was almost dismissed from his post in Datong Mansion.

By the winter of last year, the southern line of Youzhou plus Yizhou, and was captured by this "Zhang Tu" led by the troops, Shi Tzulie asked for orders to support Youzhou, but unfortunately encountered Yelu Enemy Lie and other rebellions, this matter was shelved. After losing Yizhou, you can only change to the northern route of Yanzhou, which is much farther. Now that the main forces of the Southern Korean Forbidden Army are gathered over there, the situation in Youzhou is very dangerous.

Now there is a partial division across the sea here, and the commander is Zhang Tu, so its purpose is obviously to go north to seize the Dayan Mountain Pass, but it can be seen that he is chasing after him violently, and he is inviting battle under the city, which does not rule out the purpose of them attacking from the east road and clearing the outer strongholds.

Yang Gon was a little suspicious in his heart, it is said that the strength of the enemy and us is about the same, and it is not indispensable to go out of the city to fight, but this is only afraid that he will weigh the meaning of this Zhang Tu, and besides, he is not sure of victory, so he decided to observe for a while, so that the Tanma can come close to reconnoiter more information before making plans.

The two sides dragged on for half an hour, and the Zhou army seemed to have slackened, and the front army did not make any unusual moves, but the army was still in strict formation, with shields held high and flags covered. Many soldiers of the left and right armies actually sat on the ground and had lunch, and there was a hint of chaos in the array, which also seemed a little thin.

But even so, the Tanma was still blocked, and it was still impossible to find out the details. People's line of sight is already the limit of three or four miles, and the weather is still gloomy, and the visibility in the distance is reduced, and all you see on the head of the city is a small black dot that is sometimes still, sometimes wriggling, dividing or combining, squatting or standing and so on.

"Da Lang-kun! The Zhou army chased after him for a long time, and it was time for lunch to fight. The last general is willing to get 3,000 horsemen out of the city to find out the truth. "A subordinate general saw this and came over to ask for an order.

"Hmph...... This trick to confuse the enemy, carving insect skills, how can it be credulous. Yang Gon snorted disdainfully, yesterday afternoon, 10,000 troops fought against the advance of the Zhou army, losing more than 500 cavalry, if it weren't for the timely response of the horse army, the Pingzhou Fan army was almost defeated. In front of him, facing the main force of the Zhou army, it is difficult for three thousand horsemen to do anything, Yang Gon thought about it and said: "Look at the situation again, if the whole army is lax, it can go into battle in a big way, otherwise it will be unnecessary." ”

And under the banner of the commander of the army in Sili under the city, Zhang Yue was also having lunch, holding a pot of milk tea in his hand, and eating fried corn cakes with wheat tooth candy binding. This is also the only dry food in his army, because wheat tooth candy is also very expensive.

The city gate has never been opened, Zhang Yue is also happy to see, anyway, he has already made arrangements, on the way through Sun Village, and sent Gao Zhongyi, pet Congduo led 2,000 light cavalry, 8,000 infantry, and marched north to capture Sanhe, it is estimated that this hour is almost here.

Now what makes him a little worried is how the main force should slip under Yang Gon's nose, this is more than 10,000 horses, although it is not easy to do without baggage, if he sees the flaws, it is easy to be entangled. With most of the Ma army being transferred, the decisive battle was already at a disadvantage, and it was better to hold out until dusk, so Yang Gon would mistakenly think that he was looking for a place to camp and would not be exhausted.

"My lord! I heard that this Yang Gon was suspicious and good at strategy, according to the last general, it was better to let the front army also sit down and rest, while the Chinese army was in full battle and continued to cover their tracks with tooth flags. "The front army is the five thousand elite soldiers brought by Xue Wenqian, and the Chinese army is the Cangzhou soldiers, seeing that they can't fight, several generals are also gathered here in the Chinese army, Xue Wenqian watched the enemy for a long time, so he said.

"No, you can't! Be modest! It's best to be half-covered in this way, and if the front army sits on the ground, it will be exposed. Zhang Yue was eating, and said in a vague voice. I also know that there is actually only half of the strength of the whole army here, and the array line spacing is actually very sparse.

"Alas...... It's so boring! Is it okay for the last general to scold the formation? Dong Zunzhi was very impatient, and looked at Zhang Yue with a look of hope.

"It's okay to scold and invite to fight! I can only give you a thousand horses, but I can't let the enemy horses rush two miles in front of the battle, understand? Zhang Yue agreed with a smile.

"Okay! The end will go and go back! Seeing that the Liao army ignored it, the soldiers were also fat, and they actually stood on the horse and took off their pants, doing all kinds of obscene actions, which made the Liao soldiers scream.

Half an hour later, Yang Gon could not resist the generals to ask for battle, and finally opened half of the city gate, three thousand horsemen rushed to kill, Dong Zunzhi ran when he saw the horse, led the Liao cavalry around the city, occasionally turned back to kill for a while, after beheading more than 500 levels, the Liao army wanted to retreat back into the city, Dong Zunzhi led the troops to catch up, beheaded his generals and returned, this time Yang Gon was shocked, and no longer dared to fight.

The confrontation to the afternoon, the gloomy weather twilight appeared, Zhang Yue ordered Dong Zunzhi to lead 3,000 horsemen to the front of the army formation to break off, the infantry formation in a battle formation turned around slowly, retreated five miles to the Chaobai River, the Liao army 5,000 cavalry chased out of the city and Dong Zunzhi fierce battle, Zhang Yue ignored it, led the troops to cross the river and changed it into a long snake formation, straight to the north of seventy miles of Sanhe County.

The whole army trotted forward, marched twenty miles in an hour and finally reached a safe place, Dong Zunyu led the rear army to follow the count, only more than 2,000 horsemen remained, and one-third of the soldiers were lost, so that Zhang Yue was secretly frightened, and continued to march after resting for a while.

Fortunately, in the middle of February, the bright moon hangs high, and the clear light is pouring down, and there are plains along the way, so there is no need for torches to illuminate, and it is very safe for light soldiers to walk simply. On the way, he met the sentry horseman, and reported that in the evening of the same day, Gao Zhongyi led his troops to the city of Sanhe County, and the county ordered Zhao Jihei to surrender the city without saying a word under the persuasion of Ji Pingwen, the lord of Jiulong Village.

In the early morning of the 18th, the army arrived at the outskirts of Sanhe County to camp and rest, Zhang Yue entered the city accompanied by the county commander Zhao Jihei and a cadre general, and went to the county government to freshen up and have breakfast, and the sky was already bright.

And time is very urgent, in this case the soldiers need to rest and recover their strength, for the commander, sleeping is a luxury, there is still a march task on the new day, before rushing to Yanshan Pass to deploy, Zhang Yue did not dare to take it lightly.

In the middle of the day, Zhang Yue ordered Zhang Zangying to lead his headquarters to garrison Sanhe County, which could maintain a defensive line along Jishui with Xincang Town and Lutai Army, fifty miles to the south, so as to ensure logistics supply and demand, but the newly recovered Sanhe County could also provide some.

Subsequently, with Ji Pingwen, the lord of Jiulong Village, as the guide, Gao Zhongyi of the Jing'an Army led 2,000 horse troops and 5,000 infantry to the north, the main purpose was to seize Danzhou and hold the Gubeikou in the western section of the Yanshan Great Wall.

Zhang Yue also led the main force to Jizhou Prefecture, 88 miles northeast to govern Yuyang, because also in the early morning of the previous day, after Zhuang Shao's planning, Jizhou assassinated Shi Bian Renzhao, Jizhou defense envoy, Jingsai Army Supervisor Sun Shoujing and others led 5,000 soldiers to launch a mutiny, killed the Liao army guard Xiao Lou Bua, and captured Yuyang City without blood, and then surrounded the military camp, and the Liao army soldiers 3,000 were all captured while still asleep.