Chapter 19: Breakout
Just when the Khitan army was about to complete the encirclement of Yang Yanping's troops. A troop appeared in the east of the battlefield, and it turned out that Zhao Weiji finally rushed to the battlefield with his troops.
Since the appearance of Zhao Weiji's troops was something that the Khitan army did not expect, it was obvious that the Khitan army had reached the influence of Zhao Weiji's troops, and the speed of encirclement had slowed down.
Yang Yanping naturally did not let go of this situation, and immediately attacked the weak point of the Khitan army. As soon as he arrived at the battlefield, when Zhao Weiji was still thinking about how to attack the Khitan encirclement and rescue Yang Yanping and others, he saw Yang Yanping leading the troops to attack the Khitan army. So Zhao Weiji didn't dare to think about it, and immediately asked the cavalry with a repeater crossbow to shoot at the location where Yang Yanping was attacking.
At this time, Yelu Mo, who was cleaning up the remnants of the Song army's infantry at the other end of the battlefield, also saw Zhao Weiji's rescue. Although I didn't see who the main general of the reinforcements was, it could also be concluded from the Zhao Ziqi next to the Song Ziqi of the reinforcements that it must be Zhao Weiji who led the reinforcements. He is the only general surnamed Zhao who can lead troops to the battle in the entire Yanmen Pass.
"It seems that this Anding County Duke is not slow to react, so he rushed over with his troops so quickly. But he just wanted to rescue Yang Yanping, and he inevitably looked down on our Liaoguo Iron Rider too much. Erlang, leave this group of infantry remnants alone, and follow me. ”
After speaking, Yelu Mo led his soldiers to leave the remnants of the Song army and rushed directly to Zhao Weiji's department.
Zhao Weiji, who was cooperating with Yang Yanping to break through, obviously didn't expect that a Liao army would be killed on the flank. Soon the cavalry he led was entangled by Jerumo's troops.
Because Zhao Weiji's subordinates were entangled by Yelumo, the Liao encirclement suddenly lost the pressure on the periphery. Soon, the weak points targeted by Yang Yanping were strengthened. The cavalry led by Yang Yanping fell into a heavy encirclement again.
Zhao Weiji, who was entangled by Yelumo, had no time to take care of the situation on Yang Yanping's side, because he had already directly confronted Yelumo at this time.
"It's an honor to be able to directly face the prince of Anding. I've been obsessed with the county for a long time. What Yelumo said was indeed the truth, and after analyzing Zhao Weiji's intelligence, he had become extremely interested in this person. He once said to Han Derang that the existence of Zhao Weiji would be the biggest variable between Song and Liao.
At this time, facing Zhao Weiji in a real sense for the first time, Yelumo had an indescribable excitement in his heart.
"Who are you?" Although Yelu Mo knew Zhao Weiji very well, Zhao Weiji didn't recognize the person in front of him.
"In Xia Yelumo, I am just an unknown young general in the Liao Kingdom, and the prince of Anding County naturally doesn't know me."
"Jerman?" Zhao Weiji couldn't help but underestimate after hearing this name. Quite simply, he had not seen this man's name in the history books. But at this time, he was not allowed to think about more things. for Jerumo had already ridden his horse and rushed towards him.
Jerumo slew with a spear in his hand. He wanted to stab Zhao Weiji down with a spear directly, but he didn't notice Li Jiguang next to Zhao Weiji. Just as he was about to stab Zhao Weiji, Li Jiguang came out and defused Yelumo's attack.
Then Yelumo, Li Jiguang, and Zhao Weiji killed the generals together. Yelu Mo is worthy of being an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and his martial arts are extremely amazing, and he easily resisted the attacks of Zhao Weiji and Li Jiguang. Li Jiguang has been practicing martial arts for a short time, and Zhao Weiji is even more of a horse and a half-hanger. If the land war might have been better, the force on the horse would have been greatly reduced. The combination of the two did not put any pressure on Jerymus.
In the battle with Yelumo, Zhao Weiji seemed to see in a trance that the formation of the Khitan army had a fatal flaw. So he immediately gave Li Jiguang a look, and Li Jiguang instantly understood what Zhao Weiji thought. The two of them took advantage of a small mistake by Yelu Mo to instantly widen the distance between the two sides, and then Zhao Weiji pointed to Li Jiguang in the distance. Li Jiguang understood, and immediately called a team of people to rush in the direction pointed by Zhao Weiji.
"What's wrong, Princess? You keep your bodyguard out of the way, do you think you'll be able to stop me? Seeing Li Jiguang rushing in other directions with his troops, Yelu Mo didn't care, because he only had Zhao Weiji in his eyes now.
Zhao Weiji smiled coldly, and then touched a bag behind the horse with one hand.
Just now, Zhao Weiji saw in a trance that there seemed to be a flaw in the formation of the Khitan army, so he decided to take a gamble. Because during this time, Zhao Weiji discovered that Li Jiguang had an extraordinary talent, that is, a sensitive surname of the formation type. He was able to easily spot any flaws in the formation during the march.
At this time, the battle was already very anxious, if no variables happened, Yang Yanping would be surrounded and killed in the encirclement sooner or later. Zhao Weiji is betting at this time that Li Jiguang can find that flaw and then make the battle situation variable.
Seeing that Li Jiguang seemed to have found what he was looking for, Zhao Weiji took out a crossbow from the bag behind the horse. This is not a repeater, but a more powerful Iron Arm Crossbow. Although the Iron Arm Crossbow cannot fire in bursts, the rate of fire and power of a single arrow are three times that of a repeater.
Zhao Weiji, who took out the iron-armed crossbow, raised his hand and shot an arrow at Yelumo. Yelu Mo raised his vigilance when Zhao Weiji's hand reached behind the horse. Then he saw Zhao Weiji take out a crossbow, and then raised his hand to shoot him with an arrow.
The speed of that arrow was something that Jerumo had not expected, and although he had been vigilant before, he was only able to avoid this arrow. The arrow he dodged directly killed a Khitan cavalry behind him, and he also shot his body off the horse, about two feet away. Seeing such a situation, Yelumo not only broke out in a cold sweat, but after experiencing a lot of battles, he felt that death was so close for the first time.
But this didn't really frighten him, and he quickly regained his composure and said to Zhao Weiji: "The power of Jungong's crossbow is really not small, but I'm afraid you can't shoot it continuously." ”
Indeed, the crossbow arm of this crossbow is very heavy, and every time it is wound, it is a difficult task. Basically, after winding, loading an arrow, and then shooting an arrow, it temporarily loses its combat effectiveness.
But Zhao Weiji didn't care, but said to Yelumo: "My paper crossbow can't be launched for the time being, but did I say that I only have one crossbow?" You turn your head and look at your commander. ”
Hearing Zhao Weiji's words, Yelu Mo turned his head and looked at the place where the main general Yelu Zonglin was, and soon he discovered the flaws in the Khitan army. That flaw is that the Khitan army is divided into two parts, one part is surrounding Yang Yanping's department, and the other part is resisting Zhao Weiji's department, but there is a disjointed area between the two parts, and this disjointed area is directly facing the main general of the Khitan army, Yelu Zonglin.
Just now, Zhao Weiji suspiciously discovered this area, and then he decided to take a gamble and directly sent Li Jiguang over. Li Jiguang did not live up to Zhao Weiji's expectations, and quickly found this space with his talent. So now the cavalry team led by Li Jiguang is already facing Yelu Zonglin.
Combined with the phenomenon he saw and what Zhao Weiji said just now, Yelu Mo immediately reacted. Once Li Jiguang also has such a divine crossbow in his hand, if he gets close to Yelu Zonglin and directly knocks him down with an arrow, everything will be over.
said that it was too late, and Yelu Mo immediately made a decision, gave up the entanglement with Zhao Weiji, and returned to the army to save Yelu Zonglin.
And here, as soon as Yelumo withdrew, Zhao Weiji immediately waved his army to attack the encirclement.
Over there, Li Jiguang was already close to Yelu Zonglin, and seeing that he had already entered the shooting range, Li Jiguang immediately took out his iron arm crossbow and aimed at Yelu Zonglin.
Because the production cost of the iron arm crossbow is too high, and the process is quite laborious, the entire Daizhou has only completed two after it was developed by Zhao Weiji. In order to bring Zhao Weiji with him on this expedition, he packed one by himself and handed over the other to Li Jiguang.
At this time, Li Jiguang had already aimed at Yelu Zonglin. And Yelu Mo, who came from behind, saw that he couldn't stop it, so he could only shout to Yelu Zonglin. As soon as Yelu Zonglin's words fell, Li Jiguang had already pulled the trigger, and the arrow flew towards Yelu Zonglin at an extraordinary speed.
At this time, although Yelu Zonglin heard Yelu Mo's shout, he was no longer able to make any evasive movements, but he still shifted his body at the last moment. He deflected his body to help him avoid the point, and the arrow hit him in the left shoulder blade. The arrow was so powerful that it flew him up and down behind his horse.
Seeing that the lord of the Liao State fell from his horse, Li Jiguang didn't think much about it, and immediately shouted that the lord of the Liao State would be shot, and the cavalry squad behind him also began to shout together. Soon the word spread across the battlefield.
The Khitan soldiers immediately panicked when they heard this, and the Song soldiers were greatly boosted when they heard this, and they immediately launched a fiercer attack on the Khitan encirclement, regardless of whether it was true or not.
And the team led by Li Jiguang also took this opportunity to quickly retreat.
At the same time as Li Jiguang's team retreated, under the combined attack of internal and external, the encirclement of the Khitan army was finally torn open. The three brothers of the Yang family, who had been besieged for a long time, also broke through, but there were less than 2,000 cavalry left who broke through with them.
After the large forces of the Song army converged, they immediately prepared to retreat. But just as they were about to retreat, Yelu Mo, who confirmed that the main general Yelu Zonglin was not in danger of his life, quickly pacified the chaotic troops. Then the troops were integrated and pursued towards the Song army.
Due to the speed of the Khitan's horses, it was difficult for the Song army to distance themselves in this situation. At this moment, the remaining Song infantry and crossbowmen actually gathered together. Then a weak defensive line was formed to block the Khitan cavalry.
Seeing this situation, the generals of the Song army had tears in their eyes one by one, but they had no choice but to command the rapid evacuation of the army.
The weak defensive line formed by the Song infantry did not resist the pursuit of the Khitan cavalry. Just when the Song army was about to return to Yanmen Pass, the Khitan pursuers also caught up. Seeing that the Song army was about to be chased by the Khitans, an object on the tower of Yanmen Pass quickly flew towards the Khitan army, and then saw a general who was charging in front of him being shot directly off his horse.
The Khitan cavalry behind was immediately stopped in shock, and it turned out that the general was directly nailed to the ground by something similar to a spear.
Taking advantage of this gap, the remnants of the Song army immediately pushed into the Yanmen Pass, and then closed the city gate.
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