Thinking of this, Yang Gon's face was cloudy, and he ordered his entourage to find a map and carefully inspect it for a while, and suddenly the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and he actually ran to the dangerous place on both sides of Jishui, which was covered with dense water networks, if Zhou Jun really crossed the sea, it must be on the west bank of Jishui. www.biquge.info The lower reaches of the Jishui River at this time are four or five zhang wide, and it takes more than half a day to build a bridge, so it is impossible to wade at all.

"Herald! The rear army immediately dealt with the aftermath, and the Chinese army stopped in place and stood by, and ordered to explore the distance of Marsa to reconnoiter the perimeter. Yang Gon passed down the military order, and then looked at Gao Tong, the general of the rear army, and shouted with an angry face: "It was attacked by a group of miscellaneous soldiers, where is your sentry?" What is the loss? ”

"Seeing that he was about to set out, the last general had just withdrawn from the sentry, and did not want them to be discovered two miles outside the camp...... Fortunately, the fire was put out in time, and only more than 50 camp tents were burned, more than 200 stones of grain were burned, less than 300 people were killed or wounded, and 5 or 600 war horses were robbed. "Gao Tong is short and stout, with a wide forehead and big face typical of Bohai people, he is in his forties, and he is also a Bohai general, who has only recently been recruited from Liaoxi.

"Go and clean up immediately, and lead your troops across the river to follow." This Gao Tong is not his subordinate, Yang Gon is not good at punishing severely, so he gave up after a few reprimands.

The army waited in place for half an hour, and the Tanma on the east bank of the Yanzi River reported that twenty or thirty warships of the Zhou army were wandering back and forth on the Yanzi River, with more than two thousand soldiers, all of whom were members of the Lutai army. They did not dare to go ashore again, but they did not withdraw. And the forward soon sent back the news that there was a Zhou army on both sides of Jishui, with a strength of only a few thousand, and the front army's 5,000 cavalry had already been engaged.

Yang Gon sneered when he received the report, and ordered the army to continue to move forward for more than ten miles, and sure enough, he saw the Zhou army's squad lining up outside the reeds on the bank of the Manchang River to release arrows. As soon as the horses ran away, they followed out and released their arrows.

In the distance, the reeds swayed, and there were still shouts of killing, and it was obvious that several horse teams rushed in and were entangled by the Zhou army, and as a result, they were disgraced and defeated in embarrassment.

When I asked the guide, the width of the reeds to the muddy ground by the river was more than a mile, and there were puddles everywhere, and it was dangerous for the horse team to rush into it. Yang Gon was furious when he heard this, and simply ordered the soldiers to set fire to drive the Zhou army away.

Several teams of horses obeyed, throwing torches around, and now the dry reeds burned brightly, and the yellow flames crackled southwestward, and smoke rose into the sky.

As soon as the fire started, the soldiers of the Zhou army ran frantically towards the river, and all of them were exposed. Patches of reeds were burned, and the distant vision was widened, revealing patches of warships in the inlets on the bank of the river, and the Zhou army failed to ambush and retreated to the opposite bank.

Although the specific number of troops has not yet been determined, Yang Gon has already guessed that if he wants to cross the river, he will inevitably be constantly harassed by the Zhou army, and this terrain is not conducive to cavalry fighting, so he hesitated for a moment and ordered the front army to march north along the east bank of the river, and the main force followed closely.

The fire in the reeds has been going downstream to the thistle water, and the upstream side has no wind to help, so it will naturally be extinguished at the place where the fire is cut off, and on a warship in the river, Zhang Zangying and Wu Hongying saw that they were heading north, and they were immediately very anxious.

"They went north, and when they reached the section of the river thirty miles south of Sanhe County, the river can be easily crossed when the river is narrowed, and it is not conducive to boating, what should we do now?" Wu Hongying smiled bitterly.

"Since Yang Gon has taken this short path, he will definitely not go so far, and our army is small, do you say that he wants to eat us first to make a contribution." Zhang Zangying asked with a calm smile.

"But we shouldn't even be able to come forwards, what else can we do? Once they are stolen across the river by their horse team, they will have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, and they can only hide in the river to be safe. Wu Hongying replied with a bitter face.

"If it really can't work, we will rush ahead of him, and the whole army will cross the river and fight against the water." Zhang Zangying also felt a headache, and he was very uncertain and unconfident in saying this. After thinking about it, he said: "Or stationed in Baodi Township, where it can barely be defended." ”

It is really difficult to fight with fewer troops in his hands, and Zhuang Shao's team is not enough to come back, and the real one who can fight is the Puzhou soldiers he brought with him are fully equipped and strong, but if you really fight with the Liao army on the plain, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on for a moment.

The two were relatively speechless for a while, and after a while, Zhuang Shao came back with his subordinates in a warship around a big bend, and the three of them discussed again, but there was still no better way. Seeing that it was almost noon, the sentinel ship returned, and the Liao army walked twenty or thirty miles, almost reaching the fork of the river north of Baodi Township.

Zhang Zangying had no choice but to send a sentry ship along the north to monitor the Liao army, most of them sailed into Huangzhuangwa by boat, and went north to the south of Baodi Township to stop the ship and land, and seized Baodi Township before the Liao army arrived.

There is a wall around the perimeter of this town, and there are 100 families living in it who can provide some food and grass, and even help defend it. Zhang Zangying led a thousand horses to land and rush into the town first, and quickly climbed the wall, the residents of the town were panicked, Li Zheng ran to ask, Zhang Zangying came forward to explain, Li Zheng was frightened, but the Liao army was about to come, and he had to go door to door to find Qingzhuang to help, carrying wood and stones to prepare for defense.

At noon, the Liao army reached the river section north of the town, and the whole army completed the river crossing in an hour, and then divided the troops to outflank the left and right, completely encircling the town, and the small team of soldiers who received the warships on the Chaobai River were also completely isolated, and more than 7,000 soldiers were indecently gathered in the small town, and they would face a fierce battle of life and death.

"Brethren! Fathers and fellow villagers of Baodi! A certain Zhang Zangying, a native of Jizhou, must have heard of the name of revenge on Zhang Xiaozi. Zhang Zangying stood on the north wall of the town and shouted, but unfortunately the soldiers and civilians under the wall looked up at him with a dull expression, and no one answered.

Zhang Zangying's forbearance and ferocity are quite famous in Youzhou, when he was seventeen years old, dozens of members of his family were killed by the Hao family surnamed Sun, Zhang Zangying pursued the enemy for many years, and finally tied him to the grave of his parents and whipped Ling Chi to death, and then turned himself in to report to the official. When Zhao De was the marshal of Youzhou, he was loyal and brave enough to accept him as a general, and the people of Youzhou gave him a name. Later, the Liao army was stationed in Youzhou, and when I heard that his name also affirmed his loyalty and filial piety, he was promoted and reused as the military envoy of Lutai.

"A certain family is the former Fangzhou Assassin History, Zhilutai Military, Guangshun three years to lead the army and civilians to abandon Hu Shi Zhou, Meng Jinshang Kaien used as the Puzhou Assassin History, this time led the troops to kill back not for anything else, it is the pioneer of the Great Zhou to recover Youzhou, and to rescue the father and elder of Youzhou. The emperor has led 200,000 forbidden troops to the Juma River, Cangzhou Zhang Dashuai's 50,000 troops crossed the sea, and we can reach the Lutai army this evening, we have to buy time for Zhang Dashuai, intercept Pingzhou Yang Gon until tonight, even if you do your best, do you dare to fight to the death? ”

Still no one answered, the old Liu Li was looking left and right, slammed the cane of the bird's head in his hand, sighed and shook his white beard and said: "I hope that the king will be in the town for a long time, there are a hundred and ten families in the town, but I ask for a few inheritance incense for two hundred young people, the old man was born to see the king of the Northern Expedition, fortunately, what are the regrets?" ”