In the early morning of the 22nd, the eastern sky was covered with a white fish's belly, the surface of the Sanggan River was sparkling, the morning mist was curling, the willows by the river were cut down by the soldiers who were camped, and there was a section of wooden stakes left behind, without the shelter of trees, and the aquatic plants that were struggling to sprout seemed to have pulled out their tender green leaf buds overnight, and the spring showed great vitality. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

On the south bank of the river, the Lusitai camp, the lights have not been extinguished, the 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers who should come out from time to time crossed the pontoon bridge mightily, to the east gate of Yuhe County, you can see a piece of vermilion under the umbrella cover of the Huangluo umbrella at the head of the city, there are many important ministers and generals, the Son of Heaven in the prime of life wears a golden helmet, wears iron armor, holds the female wall battlements with both hands and looks at it from afar, silently sees off the army.

At this time, the Chinese army crossed the pontoon bridge, Murong Yanzhao beat his horse out, jumped off his horse in front of the city gate, bowed down with both hands and fists, and said: "If you go here, you will fight to the death, and you will not teach the north and the south to take the next step!" ”

Guo Rong nodded, just waved his hand, and didn't say anything. Wang Pu next to him suddenly took a step forward and shouted in front of the battlement: "General Murong!" If your troops enter the city of Changping, they should obey the control of Yuan's envoys. If the situation is unfavorable, you can set up camp separately! ”

"Xie Wang Xianggong reminded me, I know!" Murong Yanzhao arched his hand, turned over and got on his horse, and soon disappeared into the ranks of the army.

Guo Rong was surprised when he heard this, but he didn't say anything. Normally, generals of this level are arranged by the emperor, and the privy council is mainly in charge of logistics at this time, and as for the front-line battle situation, the generals are mostly acting cheaply, but the right of moderation is very necessary to be clear. Because Yuan Yan is a local marshal, and Murong Yanzhao is a forbidden army, and he is the deputy capital of the palace and the commander of the festival, his status is not lower than Yuan Yan, and Guo Rong has not clearly designated it before.

At the same time that Murong Yanzhao led his troops north, Zhao Kuangyin also led 30,000 horsemen to cross the pontoon bridge with 30,000 horses, including the front division of the palace, the crane control, and the scattered people, but at this time he was a little careful. After the large army crossed the bridge, it assembled in a battle formation, with 5,000 cavalry led by Wang Xianqi and Liu Guangyi on the right side of the iron cavalry, and 5,000 infantry troops and 5,000 miscellaneous troops adapted from the small bottom army in the Guangshun period, and the left, center, and right armies, and finally after the iron cavalry left wing Han Chongbin led 5,000 cavalry, they drove to Youzhou City.

The 30,000-strong army was very neat and tidy in battle formation, with banners rolled up, swords and guns like a forest, and the sonorous shiny armor of the soldiers as they walked mixed with the sound of neat footsteps, the momentum was amazing. Two or three miles below the city of Youzhou, according to the city wall to the east parallel, has been passing by Danfeng Gate, Kaiyang Gate, did not make any stop.

Xiao Siwen immediately increased his troops to garrison the south of the city, and went to the city to watch, seeing that the forbidden army was well-equipped and the formation was in order, he was a little worried in his heart, and the forbidden army actually left directly.

"Not good! This is to attack the enemy...... "Xiao Siwen was shocked, Yang Gon led his troops into Lu County for many days, deployed in the eastern and southeast suburbs of the city, and only sent generals to contact Xiao Siwen, but did not send a soldier into the city, but urged the soldiers to ask for food and grass, which made Xiao Siwen very dissatisfied, but had to give. But now it seems that he was right to do so.

Xiao Siwen was in shock, and behind him, a young man in his twenties and thirties wearing a curly leather helmet and iron armor with a rough face stepped forward and saluted his chest: "Uncle! In the opinion of the little nephew, the forbidden army of the Southern Dynasty is nothing more than that, and he is willing to ask 5,000 soldiers to ride out of the city to fight! ”

"Bruxiu has to say in vain, the Southern Forbidden Army's polemic power is not far behind our Dynasty's leather room, but the spirit looks almost there, and there is no momentum that Mount Tai collapses forward without moving." Xiao Siwen saw that the forbidden army was going away, and saw that his nephew Xiao Bulu still maintained a bowing posture, looking eager to fight, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "That's it!" You can first send a scout horse to keep an eye on the movement of this forbidden army, and when it crosses the Gaoliang River to the open area in the east of the city, a certain and you will run with 8,000 horsemen, and then if the enemy Lu gets the news, he will go out of the city to fight, and you can find an opportunity to get out, understand? ”

"Uncle! The little nephew is stupid, why do you want to fight like this when you go to war? Xiao Bolu asked puzzled.

"There is no loss of the enemy's troops, and the logistics are continuous, he is unwilling to enter the city to assist in defense, because in this way he has the initiative to advance and retreat freely, on the contrary, if our troops can only defend the city, and now the reinforcements of Dadingfu are blocked outside the pass, which requires him to contain some of the troops, and even fight one or two victories to boost morale, only by attacking and defending can we hold Youzhou City for a long time." Siu Siwen explained.

"The little nephew understands, so let's go down and prepare!" Xiao Bolu's face turned abrupt when he heard this, and he turned around and walked away quickly.

There are nearly seventy miles from the west of Youzhou City to the city of Luxian County, and it takes most of the day to march normally, and when it reaches the Gaoliang River, it takes half an hour to wait for the front army to build a pontoon bridge. In fact, the upper reaches of the Gaoliang River can be waded through, in order to avoid the queue when the army waded to be chaotic and attacked by the Liao army, so it was still a pontoon bridge, which also made the soldiers of the infantry army suffer from the trouble of being half wet.

Twenty miles after crossing the river, Youzhou City has been left far behind, and in the afternoon, Shen Shi arrived at a place called Sunhou Township, which is only a dozen miles away from Lu County. Sunhou Township is only a small township on the south side of the official road, and there is a thin wall around the periphery as usual, but most of the villagers fleeing the war with food and belongings are gone, and the whole township is empty.

Zhao Kuangyin led the troops to march, on the way there has been the Liao army to follow the horses, chasing and disturbing non-stop, seeing that this township can barely defend the country, the north of the official road is full of knee-high wild grass in the wilderness, that can also be lined up in the field, is planning to order the front army to prepare camp, I don't want to report back at this time: There is a horse army in Youzhou City from the Andong Gate chased out! ”

Unless it was wet ground, the cavalry would often roll up smoke and dust along the way, or cover the ranks with dense banners, and it would be difficult for the sentry to see how many troops there were if they did not approach the reconnaissance. Since the army, Zhao Kuangyin has never really fought against the Liao army, and he suddenly became interested when he received the report, and while ordering the rear army Han Chongbin to face the battle, he led more than 1,000 horsemen of the Chinese army to observe.

The marching army of 30,000 soldiers was stretched for five or six miles, and when Zhao Kuangyin led the cavalry to arrive, the rear army Han Chongbin was already in full battle. Because there are drainage ditches on both sides of the official road, and there are still villages in the south, the rear army can only line up in the field on the official road and the north side, which is invisibly divided into two teams. The horse army array occupies a large space, and there are only about 1,000 horsemen on the official road.

After a while, I heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves continuously, and a black line appeared at the end of the official road, gradually increasing and pressing like a wall. Seeing that the distance was getting closer, Han Chongbin's rear army cavalry also began to start, and gradually accelerated, and after a mile or two of running, the horse's speed was already very fast.

However, to reach the peak state, it is necessary to wait for the war horse to complete the warm-up before it is possible, generally the length of this state depends on the breed of the war horse, the endurance of the Liaodong horse and the Mobei horse equipped by the Liao army is relatively strong, but if it is about short-distance explosive power, the Hequ horse equipped by the forbidden army is much stronger.

"Kill!" The soldiers of the forbidden army rode their horses and galloped, stretching their bows and arrows to shoot again and again, but it was two rounds of arrow rain on short combat, in the case that both sides were equipped with excellent armor, the casualties were no more than 100 horses, and some may also have overturned because of the site, because the grass and grass here are not flat, and there are some artificially piled stones and wood, which is a huge obstacle for the galloping horses.