Chapter 185: Recovering Yanyun (9)
For the first time since he grew up, Yang Zongbao realized that women can also be extremely strong, and the myth of Wuzhou is not just such a special case.
After figuring out a way to deal with the heavy cavalry of the Liao army, Zhao Linger decisively took over the entire command and immediately began to search for the location of the enemy on the map.
"It's not good here, it's plain...... It's not good here, there's no room for an ambush at all...... It's not bad here, this is it. Zhao Ling'er, who kept looking for a suitable place on the map, quickly found the most suitable place in her mind.
"Uncle, you quickly order the whole army to immediately withdraw from the camp, and we will retreat to Wei County first." Zhao Ling'er didn't care about the Yang family's father and son, who were still unclear about the situation, and directly gave the order to retreat.
"Retreat? Even if we lose for a while, we don't need to retreat, right? Now the morale of the retreat is likely to drop. "For Zhao Ling'er's order to retreat, Yang Zongbao was a little unacceptable, although the Song army suffered a huge blow in the previous battle, but if it retreats now, doesn't it mean that it has already admitted.
Regarding Yang Zongbao's somewhat angry remarks, Zhao Ling'er didn't pay attention to it at all, and just replied coldly: "If you can stop the heavy rain now, I can also choose to fight the Khitans on the spot." ”
With just such a sentence, Yang Zongbao was directly choked back. Fortunately, Yang Yanzhao still understood it relatively well, and he knew that if he fought a decisive battle with the Khitans on the spot now, the Song army would definitely not be able to take any advantage.
If the retreat can effectively realize Zhao Ling'er's plan, the retreat is not impossible.
So he decisively ordered the whole army to withdraw from the camp. However, just when the army began to prepare to dismantle the tents, Zhao Ling'er issued a new order, that is, only half of the tents were taken away, and the rest were left here, but the strength of these tents left here was in tatters. Causing the Song army is a sign of panic and fleeing.
"What do you mean? In this way, won't the Khitans feel that we have been defeated miserably, and then pursue them with all their might? ”
Looking at Yang Zongbao's idiotic look, Zhao Ling'er was not angry: "It's good for you to use your brains, if the Khitans don't chase after them, if they want to defeat them next, they really have to wait for the rain to stop, and retreat is just to lure them over." ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Ling'er, who suddenly seemed to have remembered something, suddenly looked at Yang Zongbao with a wicked smile, and this somewhat weird smile made Yang Zongbao's back a little cold.
"What do you mean? Don't look at me like that, you look at me like this and it makes me feel a little panicked. ”
"Sobao." Zhao Ling'er, who was still smiling evilly, put a hand on Yang Zongbao's shoulder: "You've lost two battles now, right." ”
No one will feel happy when they are mentioned about black history, and Yang Zongbao is no exception. But he knew that Zhao Ling'er was not a person who casually exposed his scars, so at this time, Yang Zongbao, who was mentioned by Zhao Ling'er about the black history, only felt that Her Royal Highness the princess estimated that she was going to hand over some dirty work to herself.
Sure enough, before Yang Zongbao could react, Zhao Ling'er's task was explained.
"Zongbao, anyway, you've already lost so many times, and you're not afraid of losing again. As the saying goes, if there are more lice, it doesn't itch. If you have too much debt, you don't have to worry. Here the princess has a great and difficult task to be entrusted to you, and only you can do it. ”
looked at Zhao Linger's "leader" on his face. Yang Zongbao felt that this task would definitely not be a good thing. So he hurriedly interrupted Zhao Ling'er's praise: "Stop, stop, stop." If there is anything, you can tell me directly, I know that this task is definitely not a good errand, but for the sake of Da Song, I endured it. ”
"Well done. This is the people of my Great Song Dynasty. In fact, this is not a heavy task, the task requirements are very simple, that is, after the Khitans discover our camp and start pursuing, you will block them on the way to pursue. But when intercepting, you can only lose, not win. Your task is to bring the Khitans to Wei County. ”
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Just three days after the Song army withdrew, the Khitans finally chased after them, and they saw the broken tents that had been deliberately left behind in the former camp of the Song army, as well as the sparse earthen stoves used to bury pots and make rice.
This made most of the Khitans rejoice, because after losing a third of Yanyun in a row, they finally ushered in a big victory.
However, for the scene in front of him, Xiao Qi, who led the Liao army on the expedition this time, was a little suspicious, and he didn't believe too much that the Song army was defeated like this.
Although they had won a big victory before, Xiao Qi knew that the people they defeated were only part of the Song army, and most of them were sent by the Song army to test their strength.
Xiao Qi is a general that Yelu Mo has focused on cultivating in recent years, he is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xiao, and he has shown amazing military talent since he was a child.
Because of Empress Dowager Xiao, he showed his strength in the army very early, and a local battle against the Bohai people earlier made him out of the limelight, and also made Yelu Mo regard him as a general who was focused on training.
The dual factors of the key cultivation of the relatives and the Yi Lijin were intertwined, making Xiao Qi the commander who led the new army against the Song Dynasty this time.
Xiao Qi has one of the biggest characteristics of leading troops to fight, that is, he is careful, he is not arrogant because he is the nephew of Empress Dowager Xiao, but he is cautious and meticulous.
It was precisely because of his character that he couldn't believe the dilapidated camp of the Song Army, and he always felt that the Song Army should have deliberately created such an illusion. So that the Liao army was fooled, and then desperately pursued it.
However, just when Xiao Qi wanted to raise the suspicions he saw, his lieutenant general, Yelu Hugu, the old general of the Liao State, gave the order to continue the pursuit one step ahead of him.
"The Song people must have retreated to the west, let's rectify it as soon as possible, let's chase it west."
This is the biggest problem that Xiao Qi has faced since the beginning of this battle, that is, the veteran Yelu Hugu has hindered him everywhere. Originally, Yelumo was kind, afraid that he would shoot a veteran escort for him because of his lack of experience.
But I didn't expect that this Yelu Hugu was polite to him on the surface, but he often gave himself up in some key places.
Just like just now, before he made a decision, he gave the order to pursue without authorization, which made his face as a coach where to go.
But the key is that he can't be angry with him yet, because Yelu Hugu has a higher prestige in the army than himself, and his connections are richer than himself, once he falls out with this person, he basically doesn't want to command this army.
Therefore, Xiao Qi could only complain a little about Yelu Hugu's unauthorized actions: "General Yelu, how can you give the order to pursue without authorization?"
I think it is very likely that the ruin of the Song army camp was deliberately created by them to lure us, and if we rush to pursue it, it is very likely that we will encounter some accidents. ”
"Am I not making meritorious contributions? Besides, the rain will not stop for a while and a half, and the Song army without artillery will not pose any threat to our new army.
If we chase them now, we may be able to eliminate them before the end of this rainy season, and if they survive until the rain stops, do you think we will be able to beat them? ”
Yelu Hugu's seemingly justified words were actually questioning whether Xiao Qi's caution would delay the military aircraft, and indeed Xiao Qi had no way to guarantee that once the Song army could use the cannon, whether the new army on his side would still be able to calculate.
But he still felt that if he pursued it so rashly, it was estimated that something would happen.
However, before Xiao Qi had time to think about it, he only heard the scout report that a Song army was not far to the west. As soon as he heard this news, Yelu Hugu directly ignored Xiao Qi's possible new orders, and directly pursued in the direction of the Song army with his army.
"Old General!" Seeing that he couldn't stop Yelu Hugu, Xiao Qi could only let him get rid of himself again, and then got on his horse and galloped west with the large army.
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This Song army is naturally the luring army led by Yang Zongbao. Although fraud is not a dazzling way to live, Zhao Linger did not treat Yang Zongbao badly.
She handed over the few cavalry of the whole army to Yang Zongbao, so that he could run away when he was defeated.
When the Khitans pursued, Yang Zongbao ordered the cavalry to firing a few symbolic shots at the galloping light cavalry.
After defeating some of them, he immediately gave the order to turn the horse's head and begin to retreat.
The Khitan light cavalry was initially shot by the sudden fire of Yang Zongbao's troops, but when they saw that they had only fired a few shots and began to retreat, the Khitans mistakenly thought that the Song army's bullets were also insufficient.
Now they were even more bold, and all the Khitan knights began to hurry up, hoping to catch up with Yang Zongbao's troops as soon as possible, which should be used for the queen of the palace.
To say that the Khitan military horses are really much better than the military horses of the Great Song Dynasty, if it weren't for the heavy cavalry behind, Yang Zongbao's army might really be caught up by the Khitan light cavalry.
However, in this way, Yang Zongbao's troops were basically driven all the way, and until they entered the meeting point set up by Zhao Ling'er in advance, they did not really get rid of the pursuit of the Khitans.
But fortunately, they finally arrived at the meeting point set by Zhao Ling'er in advance, which is located in Wei County in a not too open plain between the two mountains.
When Yang Zongbao arrived here, the rain that had been falling still showed no signs of stopping, although it was a little smaller, but it was still falling sparsely.
Of course, in such a situation, it is still impossible to use cannons, and Yang Zongbao really doesn't understand what kind of way Zhao Ling'er can come up with to break the enemy and win. (To be continued......)