Chapter 30: Yongxi's Northern Expedition (4)
"It's really windy today." Zhao Weiji walked out of the tent and looked at the battlefield in the north.
Tian Chongjin, who captured Ulzhou, still did not leave Zhao Weiji to defend the city, and the guards were still his cronies. At this moment, the Middle Route Army, which continued to advance northward, encountered the Khitan army in the place of Daling.
Tian Chongjin's rapid capture of Ulzhou was indeed beyond Yelu Huge's expectations, so Brother Hugh didn't even care about Cao Bin's pursuit, and directly led the army to the middle for reinforcements.
In this way, the two armies met at Daling.
Because the opponent this time was Brother Yelu Xiu of Yu Yue of Liao, he did not dare to take it lightly, and personally led his troops to prepare for a meeting on the frontal battlefield.
Tian Chongjin, who was riding on a horse and observing the distance with a telescope, suddenly felt a hint of ominous omen in his heart.
"What is the general worried about?" Yuan Jizhong, who was beside him, noticed that Tian Chongjin was a little strange, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.
"Nothing. I just feel like it's going to rain again this day, and my shoulder hurts a little. After speaking, Tian Chongjin took the water bladder beside him and took a sip of the cork.
Just as Tian Chongjin said, when he looked up, he could see that dark clouds had covered the entire sky. In the blink of an eye, the war has reached the end of April. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the fighters have already taken off their cotton clothes. And this precipitation is also increasing.
"Here we are." Between them, a scout galloped from a distance.
Tian Chongjin took out his binoculars again and looked in the direction behind the demolition, and sure enough, he saw flying dust. Soon the Khitan cavalry unit was seen appearing above the horizon.
"None of you should stop me today, I want to personally meet this Khitan Yuyue for a while." Seeing the arrival of the Khitan troops, Tian Chongjin felt a little excited.
Now these generals at hand are all henchmen who have followed Tian Chongjin for many years, and naturally know that this brave general has made another mistake. When he saw the strong, he couldn't help but step forward to challenge, so no one objected, and no one wanted to touch this mold.
Just after the Liao army lined up, Tian Chongjin took out another water bladder and took a big sip. Then he stepped forward.
"This general is the commander of the Great Song Dynasty guards and infantry troops, and he is eager to fight with the Liao State Yu Yue Yelu Huge."
When Jeruxiu heard this, he was rejoiced. After so many years, when did the Song Dynasty produce capable people again? This Tian Chongjin knew that he was in the last Song Taizong Imperial Expedition, but the two had not fought directly.
Brother Yelu Xiu probably also knew some of Tian Chongjin's abilities, and at this time, this person actually came to challenge him personally, so he naturally couldn't let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Okay, I'll give you this chance to fight me." After saying that, Yelu Hugo also carried a spear and rode his horse out of the formation.
Tian Chongjin saw Yelu Hugo rushing towards him, and without saying a word, he set up a lance to meet him.
Yu Yue Yelu Huge, a generation of Liao Guo, is naturally a person with excellent martial arts, and Tian Chongjin is not far behind. As soon as the two first played each other, they both felt the strength of the other party.
But this did not cause any fear on either side, but only became more and more excited.
Both of them tried their best to win each other, but after more than thirty rounds of fighting, they still didn't fight.
At this moment, Yelu Hugo suddenly found that Tian Chongjin's complexion had a strange flush, and this flush was not a ruddy flush produced during a simple confrontation, but a more exaggerated red.
At the same time, Tian Chongjin's movements also began to panic, and the flaws gradually increased. Another point is that Tian Chongjin's breathing rate is obviously too much, how can there be such a large physical exertion in less than fifty rounds.
From this, Yelu Hugo concluded that there was something wrong with Tian Chongjin's body.
Yelu Hugo's judgment was not wrong, Tian Chongjin's body was indeed wrong. Just when the fight reached more than 30 rounds, Tian Chongjin began to feel that his heartbeat was constantly accelerating, not the kind of acceleration that he usually uses martial arts, but a rapid beat. And he began to feel that he had gradually lost his perception of the things around him, he couldn't feel the lance in his hand, he couldn't feel the armor on his body, and he couldn't even feel the body temperature of the BMW under his crotch.
Since winning on the battlefield is the top priority, Yelu Hugo did not consider the so-called concept of victory at this time. directly seized this opportunity and stabbed Tian Chongjin in the heart with a spear. Then he was dismounted.
Song Jun saw this situation, and the entire army panicked, but he didn't expect that the main general would be picked off the horse by Yelu Xiuge in only about fifty rounds.
At this time, Yuan Jizhong, the supreme commander of the Song army, didn't think about anything else at all, and immediately rushed out of the military formation, ready to rescue Tian Chongjin.
Yelu Hugo, who stabbed Tian Chongjin to death, calmly retreated to his own camp. After returning to the camp, he saw that the military spirit of the entire Song army was completely shaken, and thought that this was a great opportunity. So he decisively ordered the whole army to attack.
Yuan Jizhong, who had just rushed to Tian Chongjin's side, saw the total number of the Khitan army before he could get Tian Chongjin's body on horseback. So he didn't have time to react at all, and he was involved in the wave formed by the cavalry.
And the soldiers of the Song army who also did not react, who had not yet recovered from the blow of the commander's death, watched as the Khitan iron cavalry swept towards their camp.
After they came into contact with the Khitan army head-on, they reacted and were attacked, but the first thought in the minds of the Song soldiers at this time was to run instead of fighting.
In this way, the entire Song army directly formed a comprehensive rout.
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Zhao Weiji, who stayed in the camp, naturally knew what was happening in the northern battlefield not far away, because the scout he sent was in the heart of Tian Chongjin and was pierced by Yelu Huge's spear as soon as he quickly came back to report to him.
"Something happened, let our Zhenzhou soldiers prepare for war, it's time for the boys to appear." After Zhao Weiji got the news, he immediately asked Zhao Xin and Li Jiguang to organize the entire Zhenzhou soldiers.
Sure enough, not long after the Zhenzhou soldiers organized the defensive line, the retreating Song soldiers ran back, followed by the pursuing Khitan cavalry.
After sparing the Song soldiers through the defensive line, the defense line of the Zhenzhou army began to intercept the Khitan cavalry.
Seeing that there was actually a Song army organizing a defensive line, the Khitan army rushed over without thinking about it, but soon they were intercepted by the first wave, that is, an extremely strong rain of arrows. And it flew diagonally above.
And just as they charged, the angle of the rain of arrows became smaller and smaller, but the power did not decrease in the slightest, and even increased.
Just as they had survived the baptism of arrows and were about to make head-on contact with the defense line, the first line of defense actually dispersed. The scattered line of defense was divided into several squads.
And behind the first line of defense that spread out was a large number of rejecting horses. Seeing that the Khitan soldiers who could not continue to charge, they were ready to turn around and deal with these scattered Song soldiers, but they were faced with a big problem, should they disperse themselves?
Seeing this situation, Xiao Deshan, the general who led more chasing soldiers to arrive, decisively let the troops disperse to deal with this group of stragglers.
This situation was naturally fully seen by Zhao Weiji in the rear, and then he said to Li Jiguang: "The Star Scattering Array has begun to work, and your troops should attack." ”
Li Jiguang, who received the order, led his cavalry team to rush to the battlefield.
And when the Khitan cavalry on this side just separated and began to deal with these stragglers, they didn't expect that there were two or three bamboo tubes in each small team.
Before the Khitan army could figure out what it was, explosions began to erupt around them. The horses under their crotches were frightened by the explosion. It's all out of control.
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding infantry began to surround them, stabbing their horses with spears.
This is not the end, what is worse is that a cavalry of the Song army suddenly appeared on the battlefield, supporting everywhere.
Any unit that still had the ability to resist was hit by this cavalry unit.
Xiao Deshan, who saw this scene in front of him, was stunned, he had never seen such a battle. Although he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him, Xiao Deshan made a decision that should not be wrong at this moment, and that was to gather the whole army to retreat.
But he found that it was no longer possible to even assemble and retreat. The entire battlefield was divided by the Song army, and any few squads of the Song army echoed each other. The entire Khitan cavalry in the battlefield was locked inside. Then he watched as the cavalry units supported by the Song army everywhere continued to cause death.
Li Jiguang, who was supporting everywhere, also discovered Xiao Deshan, so he rushed over with his troops.
Xiao Deshan naturally saw Li Jiguang rushing over with his troops, but at this moment, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he felt that as long as he killed the army in front of him, it should be no problem to retreat.
Although Xiao Deshan's idea was good, after he really fought Li Jiguang, he realized that the army in front of him was not something he could kill at all.
Li Jiguang's army can be said to be the soul of the entire Star Scattering Array, and Zhao Weiji used the elite of the elite to form this force, and its combat effectiveness is extremely amazing.
Xiao Deshan and Li Jiguang had only been fighting for less than ten rounds, and he was soon caught by Li Jiguang with a flaw and directly pierced his throat with a shot.
The main general was dead, and the trapped Khitan cavalry suddenly lost their ability to resist and were captured or killed one after another.
In this way, the Zhenzhou soldiers, who had not been reused for a long time, finally temporarily resisted the Khitan pursuers. Seeing that Xiao Deshan had not returned for a long time, and had not even sent a single piece of news, Yelu Hugo's army in the back was afraid that the Song army was still in ambush, so they temporarily gave up the pursuit of the Song army.
These soldiers of the Song Army who fled back were also very unhappy when they saw that it was this group of Zhenzhou soldiers who saved them in the end.
And there is another emotion in their hearts, there is shock, it turns out that these Zhenzhou soldiers are so strong in combat.
But these are not what they should consider now, now they should consider the death of the main general Tian Chongjin, and the whereabouts of the "No. 2 person" Yuan Jizhong are unknown. What to do with this force?
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