Although the Song army did not have an advantage in numbers, it was basically wiped out by the power of artillery and the charging of rifle cavalry in the rear.

Seeing that the war was basically over, Zhao Weiji threw the remaining troops that had been preparing for a long time into the battlefield, hoping to end the war as soon as possible.

There was only one thing that made him a little worried, that is, whether Li Jiguang's troops appeared where they should have appeared as agreed, so that the battle could end perfectly.

At this time, a small group of people suddenly came from his own camp, and Zhao Weiji, who thought that something had happened to the camp, immediately greeted him, but he didn't expect that the person who came was an old friend who had not seen him for a long time.

"How could Yan Zhao appear here, shouldn't you be defending against the attack of the Liao army at Yanmen Pass?" Seeing that the person who came was actually Yang Yanzhao, this made Zhao Weiji feel a little uneasy while being surprised.

It stands to reason that the war is tight, Yang Yanzhao should not appear in this place, there are only two reasons why he is here now, the first is that the siege of Yanmen Pass has been lifted, and he is now back with the same aid as Li Jiguang.

Another explanation can only be that the Yanmen Pass has been breached, and he fled back to inform him. Judging from Yang Yanzhao's current expression and physical state, the possibility of the second option is very high.

Sure enough, as soon as Yang Yanzhao opened his mouth, he confirmed Zhao Weiji's guess: "I think Guoxiang has already guessed some clues, so I won't go around in circles with Guoxiang anymore." I was defeated at Yanmen Pass and could not resist the Khitan attack.

I'm fleeing this time to inform you. The Liao army that passed through Yanmen Pass should have arrived on this battlefield. ”

After listening to what Yang Yanzhao said. Zhao Weiji immediately realized that something was wrong. If Yang Yanzhao is right, why is the Liao army that has received reinforcements still similar to the previous ones in terms of the number and scale of the battle, judging from the information he has obtained, the Liao army on the battlefield now has no signs of reinforcements at all.

At this time, the scouts in front came back and reported that the Liao army on the battlefield had begun to retreat, and there was no need to stop it.

"Let them retreat, leave it alone. You go and get all the troops back now, quickly. ”

The scout, who didn't know why the coach made such a decision to let the tiger go back to the mountain, was a little overwhelmed for a while. If it weren't for Wu Wen patting him on the shoulder and telling him to hurry up, this person might have been stunned for a while.

However, although Wu Wen asked the scout to hurry up to carry out Zhao Weiji's order, he also didn't know what kind of medicine he bought in the gourd, so after sending the scout away, he hurriedly came back and asked Zhao Weiji: "Why does the prince urgently order the soldiers to come back, now is a good time to completely annihilate the opponent, and this is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain." ”

Just when Wu Wen was still asking questions, Zhao Weiji gave another order, that is, to turn all the sports cars around and then retreat one mile. And he sent a detachment of scouts to the rear of the army.

After giving this order. He began his explanation: "You also heard Yan Zhao say just now that the Liao army that passed through Yanmen Pass should be reinforced to the battlefield, but have you found any signs of reinforcements on the battlefield?" ”

After Zhao Weiji said this, all the generals and officials reacted that the Liao army on this battlefield had no sign of reinforcements at all.

Zhao Weiji, who saw that the generals had already reacted, continued: "Since the Liao army on the battlefield has not received any signs of reinforcements, where have these reinforced troops gone? I think the other side should fight with us with the same idea, that is, sneak attack. ”

At this point, the group of scouts who had been sent out had already returned, and their return officially confirmed Zhao Weiji's guess that there was indeed a Khitan army that had gone around the rear of the army and had begun to attack.

At this time, the deployment of the Song army had not yet been fully formed, and in desperation, Zhao Weiji could only send all the soldiers who were his escorts forward, hoping to buy time for the large army.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, the soldiers who had been serving as the general's escort did not fight on the front line for a long time, and the combination of the two situations made the combat effectiveness of this part of the people not very prominent.

Coupled with the natural disadvantage of infantry and cavalry, Zhao Weiji experienced the most tragic time since the battle began, and a large number of soldiers were directly killed under the iron hooves of the Khitan.

However, these soldiers did not sacrifice their lives in vain, and in the time they had gained, the troops in front of them completed their reinforcements, and the artillery was redeployed.

"Okay, it's time to fight back." With Zhao Weiji's order, the artillery began to roar again, and the troops in front also completed the encirclement of those Khitans under the cover of the cannon.

Zhao Weiji, who saw that the battle situation here had basically stabilized, finally breathed a sigh of relief, if it wasn't for the good enough acting on his side before, if he concealed Yelumo, it is estimated that he would not easily attract the main force of the Khitan to complete the annihilation.

If it weren't for the easy completion of the attraction and annihilation of the main Khitan army, once it was dragged to the point where this part of the reinforcements was completed before the main force lost its combat effectiveness, no matter how much artillery was flanked from both sides, it would be difficult to escape.

"Fortunately, this part of the people is isolated, if we are attacked from both sides, no matter how many cannons there are, we will have to die." Tie Zheng, who was also relieved, felt it and sent it.

"Wait, you're alone?" Zhao Weiji, who heard this word, suddenly remembered something.

Tie Zheng, who didn't realize that there was any problem, repeated again: "Yes, it's just isolated, I'm right." ”

At this time, Zhao Weiji, who finally remembered something, immediately pulled Tie Zheng and ordered: "Oh no, I forgot that Yuan Jing's troops have gone to attack the enemy camp, and his current situation is the same as this Khitan cavalry, isolated." Although the retreating Khitan soldiers are the defeated army, they can also cause a lot of trouble to Yuan Jing's troops, so we have to hurry up and save him. Go and gather all the riflemen and go with me. ”

At this time, Tie Zheng, who was also aware of the seriousness of the matter, immediately rushed to gather the rifle cavalry again, and at the same time, Zhao Weiji issued a series of orders, so that the other troops also gathered and advanced to the Khitan military camp.

Then he rode his horse and galloped away, joined the rifle cavalry who had already begun to march towards the Khitan military camp, and began to rescue Li Jiguang's troops together.

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At this time, Li Jiguang can be said to be miserable, he can be said to have achieved fruitful results in the sneak attack on the Khitan camp according to Zhao Weiji's order, and after burning up the Khitan grain baggage, he also wiped out the troops left behind by the way.

He originally thought that he was ready to withdraw his troops after a complete victory, but he didn't expect the Khitan army to actually withdraw, although it seems that these Khitan cavalry should have been defeated by the Song army on the battlefield.

However, the number of people who withdrew was quite a lot, and it was still much more than Li Jiguang's department, which only had 5,000 people to sneak attack the camp.

Li Jiguang, who didn't know how the scene in front of him happened at all, couldn't help but scold: "I'll go, didn't the prince say this to me, what he said was that he would deal with most of the Khitans on the battlefield, and then I would copy my hometown, and then go and block the back road by the way." He didn't tell me I needed to block so many people's back roads. ”

Just because Zhao Weiji told him like this, he didn't think too much about anything else, just thinking about how to bless the mobility of the team, which led to him only bringing 5,000 people out of the 30,000 army to raid his house.

And the soldiers of the Khitan army saw that their hometown was copied by 5,000 Song soldiers, and the Khitan army, which had been beaten on the frontal battlefield and couldn't hold their heads up, suddenly became angry.

There is a way that mourning soldiers will win, let alone some mourning soldiers who are angry. These Khitan soldiers did not wait for Yelumo to give any orders, and surrounded Li Jiguang's troops.

Seeing that things were not good, Li Jiguang decisively ordered his subordinates to start breaking through, but he didn't expect that these Khitan remnants of the defeated generals would have such amazing combat effectiveness, and they were blocked back several times.

At this time, Yelu Mo also rushed back to the camp, and saw Li Jiguang's department surrounded in the array, and in addition to the dilapidated appearance of the surrounding camp, he immediately knew that Zhao Weiji had paid the same attention as him, no wonder he had never seen this army that had solved Li Jiqian in the northwest.

Yelumo, who suffered a big loss on the frontal battlefield, would definitely not let Li Jiguang go at this moment, and in order to save face, he tried all his tricks to try to keep Li Jiguang's troops here.

Completely ignoring whether the troops sent out to attack would be the same fate.

Just when Li Jiguang's troops were gradually decreasing, and the casualties were almost one-third, a cavalry unit suddenly appeared outside the encirclement of the Liao army.

And this cavalry unit was the rifle cavalry that had been demanded from the Khitans before, and they rushed over with their guns and shot down a large number of Khitans in one shot.

When the other soldiers saw that the demon was coming again, they immediately panicked. This panic was caught by Li Jiguang, and he immediately let the remaining troops start to break through in the direction where the rescuers came.

The combination of Ying and Wai here soon had a huge effect, the Liao army was torn open a big hole, and Li Jiguang's troops all rushed out of the encirclement and joined Zhao Weiji.

"My brother-in-law, you almost killed me, you know?" Li Jiguang, who had just joined Zhao Weiji, completely ignored the fact that the Khitans were still behind his buttocks, and immediately began to pour bitter water on Zhao Weiji.

"Okay, I'm wrong, can't I, uncle." Zhao Weiji, who knew that it was his decision-making mistake, really didn't have the face to make any arguments, so he had to admit it first.

After the two forces converged, they immediately began to retreat without any lingering.

After they began to retreat, the Liao army also stabilized its position, and when they saw that Zhao Weiji actually came in person, Yelu Mo, regardless of whether there would be more support from the Song army, commanded the whole army to start the pursuit.

It's just that when they chased it out less than twenty miles, they regretted it. (To be continued......)