The person who came was Yelu Mage's personal guard, who was originally in Suzhou in Liao with Yelu Mage, waiting for Wan Zhouquan to come. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

His appearance here proves that Zhou Quan should not be far from here!

"Damn, it's too late to be entangled by the scouts of the Jurchen pigs...... Zhou Yuma had an order to let the Goryeo battalion and the Khitan battalion pack up their armaments, and set off an hour later to pursue the Jurchen pigs! The man shouted from afar.

After calling, he remembered to dismount and salute Yu Liyan.

The title of "Zhou Yuma" made Yu Liyan have a fever on his face and glared at him. But compared to this, she was more concerned about where Zhou Quan was now, so she asked, "What about Zhou Lang, where are the others?" ”

"He knew that he was chasing the princess, so he was determined to intercept the Jurchens on their way back." The Messenger said.

"Interception?" Yu Liyan's heart suddenly lifted.

Even though she had seen the sharpness of the artillery, she still couldn't help but worry.

"Yes, the colt said, no one can bully him...... His woman then retreated. The messenger said with some amusement.

Yu Liyan's face suddenly turned red.

Nearly twenty miles away from here, at the crossing of the Liao River, Zhou Quan had already set up camp.

There is a temporary bridge here, which was erected by the Jurchens when they pursued Yu Liyan, and many of the wooden rafts used by Yu Liyan floated here, and they happened to be picked up by Zhou Quan and used as an artillery position.

The Chamber of Commerce escort army was sandwiched between the Liao River and a small lake, flat on all sides, in front of the deer in the artillery position, Zhou Quan lined up to meet him, and he put the few cavalry in his hand as a reserve behind the small lake.

If the Jurchens want to return, whether they go to Shenzhou or take Liaoyang, they have to cross the Liao River, which is the closest ferry to them, and Zhou Quan expected that the other party would choose to cross the river from here.

The only thing that worries him is whether Yu Liyan is safe. If Zhang Shun had led the fleet to arrive in time, then Yu Liyan should have been in a safe place by now, but if he hadn't arrived......

Putting this idea behind him, the Jurchens are really a strong enemy, and if there is no weapon to surpass the other party, Zhou Quan really doesn't dare to compete with the other party head-on. The scouts he sent were mainly based on the Khitans, but in the entanglement with the Jurchen scouts, they could only barely remain undefeated, but they could not break through the blockade of the other party.

It is precisely for this reason that he is not very sure about the current development of the situation.

The Jurchens were also unclear about the current situation.

After escaping five miles, seeing that the "divine thunder" that fell from the sky was no longer powerful, Hu Ben and Wanyan Hulu gathered up the defeated army, and this count, more than 10,000 people, only gathered back less than 9,000.

There were not many real casualties, and most of them were scattered.

Both of them looked extremely depressed, since the Jurchens started their army, they had not fought such a battle. It's not that you can't be defeated, but you can't figure out how to lose.

"What's next?" Wan Yan Lu asked.

Every now and then he reached behind him, where a cannonball hung out. After Yan Yulu asked twice, he came back to his senses.

"Damn, I can only face the ridicule of that little cub of the vulture." He muttered.

"That's all there is to it." Wanyan Hulu nodded, feeling slightly relaxed in his heart. At this time, what I am most afraid of is that I will be carried away by anger.

"Fortunately, the thing seems to be limited, and it can only be started by the sea, and I can see that the loud noise is coming from the boat, and after each time, white smoke and fire will come out of the boat." He said again.

At this point, he calmed down, and guessed that the people on the boat must have used a weapon he had never heard of before, rather than some real divine help.

Wanyan Hulu recalled the situation at that time: "No wonder they didn't chase after them, that weapon must have a distance limit, two or three miles should be its limit!" ”

Both of them are outstanding Jurchen heroes, and just after the first battle, they found a lot of problems. But although some problems were found and taught them how to solve them, there was no way at all.

"When I go back this time, I want to give this to my father, and I have a feeling...... If there is really a Song man named Zhou Quan on those three ships, then he will be our Dajin's number one enemy! He said, touching the shell.

"I heard that guy is very young, so he should be about the same as you." Wanyan Hulu is very pleased, he has this scheming, so the next generation of Dajin will not worry about the heir.

The two discussed for a while and decided to return the way they came, although they knew that the strange team occupying Liaoyang City was not far away, but they didn't pay much attention to them.

"Even if this strange army was sent by the Song people, now that he is not on the seaside, without the strange weapons on the ship, how can we be afraid of him!" Thinking of this, the spirit of the book was lifted again.

Under the intention of both sides, when the Great Song Dynasty Zhenghe was declared on August 15 of the fifth year, more than 8,000 people from the headquarters of the Prince Wanyan of the Jin State and more than 3,000 people from the six battalions led by Zhou Quan of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce met at the ancient ferry port on the bank of the Liao River.

When he learned that the strange army had taken the ferry and piled up the deer, Wanyan had a chance, and Wanyan Hulu suggested to him that the army should go west, bypass the ferry controlled by the other side, and return to Shenzhou from the edge of Jinzhou.

But after thinking about it again and again, he still rejected this suggestion.

For no other reason, he led his troops to pursue Yu Liyan, thinking that no matter whether he succeeded or not, the battle would be resolved quickly, so his whole army did not carry too much food. This little grain was thrown away when the seashore was defeated.

In other words, Jin Bing is about to run out of food.

If it is a detour, not to mention whether the other party will sit idly by, whether the Yelu sorcerers in Jinzhou will come out to rob by fire, the lack of food alone is enough to give him a headache.

Of course, there will be no death for a day or two without food, but this will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Jurchens, so it is better to take advantage of the current physical strength to seize the opponent's camp and give food to the enemy.

"If the other side uses that weapon, what should our army do?" Wan Yan Lu asked.

"That weapon should only be used on ships, and not in large quantities...... Even if they carry it with them, do you pay attention to it, every time you use it, there is a period of time, as long as we can fight hard, it should be okay, we can fight in close quarters, even Liao Dog is not our opponent, not to mention the Song people who were beaten by Liao Dog all over the ground looking for teeth! ”

After arriving at the battlefield, Wanyan Hulu stood on horseback and watched, only to see that the Liao River was in the east, and a small lake in the west.

In addition to a simple layer of deer barrage, the other side had time to dig some trenches to act as obstacles.

"This guy picked a good place, but I'm afraid he doesn't know, although we Jurchens are good at riding and shooting, but we are better at foot combat!" Seeing this, Hulu sneered.

He nodded: "Uncle, you still lead people to the west, bypass the lake from the side, and then attack the enemy's flank, I am attacking the enemy head-on and fighting with him on foot!" ”

"Be careful."

The two agreed on the division of labor, and reorganized their subordinates, except for more than 100 horsemen on each wing, almost all the Jurchens abandoned their horses and lined up.

Because of the fear that the other side would carry artillery, the Jurchen military formation was slightly loose, and the five Meng'an were spread out in front of each other, and each Meng'an was lined up in ten rows, with a hundred people in each row.

When they lined up, Zhou Quan watched from the wooden frame that was erected.

"The enemy army is large, and this battle is not easy." Wu Yang couldn't help but say when he saw that although the other party was not forbidden by order, after experiencing a new defeat, he was still able to organize an offensive formation so quickly.

"I saw an opportunity to win."

Although Zhou Quan is not very familiar with military affairs, after these years of war, he carefully analyzed some of the combat examples he learned in another life, and he stared closely at the right flank of the opponent's military formation, that is, the side near the Liao River, and had an idea in his heart.

Although he put on a defensive position, he was not prepared to be beaten passively, and if he wanted to really gain the initiative on the battlefield, he could only rely on attack!

To attack the opponent with half the strength of the opponent, some conditions are indispensable.

"Order, let the two battalions of Hetu and Lu Hai ...... There is also Zhang Mengying, concentrated on the east side! Zhou Quan ordered: "Let the artillery battalion take a position and aim at the enemy's right flank on the east side." ”

The formation of the guards was different from the Jurchens, Zhou Quan concentrated half of his troops of 1,800 people on the east side, and the Jurchens on this side were 1,000 Meng'an people.

As for the middle and west sides, there were only 1,200 people, which was much thinner.

By the time they arrived, both sides were ready to attack.

The first to move was the cavalry guarded by the Chamber of Commerce, the Khitan cavalry brought by Yelu Brother himself, which was collected along the way, because they were not trained by Zhou Quan and lacked tacit understanding to cooperate, so Zhou Quan put it behind Xiaohu. After receiving the order, Yelu Mago took the less than 1,000 men and began to bypass the small lake, pretending to attack the Jurchen flank.

Wanyan Bruu, who was facing them across the lake, took the initiative to meet them without waiting for Ben's order. His strength was nearly twice as large as that of the Khitans, and the Jurchens had some kind of psychological advantage over the Khitans after the Battle of Huanglongfu.

As soon as the cavalry on both sides moved, then the foot soldiers also began to act, this time it was the Jurchen movers, and the five fierce soldiers approached 5,000 people, advancing directly towards the ferry.

The caravan escort moved forward, but according to Zhou Quan's orders, the east flank, which was the most concentrated, moved faster, while the middle and right flanks were slower, advancing only fifty zhang, forming a diagonal phalanx.

"Chance!" Seeing this, he immediately ordered the cavalry he had left in his hands to cross the front of the two armies, and prepare to attack the unprotected flanks of the protrusions of the convoy, and at the same time ordered the infantry to speed up and engage the other side before they could discover the problem.

But just then, he heard a loud and deafening noise.

The cannon roared!

Although this was expected, when the cannon really sounded, his heart still jumped hard, and then he said sharply: "Rush up, rush up, as long as they are entangled together, this kind of demon method of theirs can't be used!" ”

The Jurchens experienced an artillery battle, and when they encountered artillery again, they were indeed more accustomed to it, and although they were still frightened, when they found that the shells did not fall on their heads, they rushed forward excitedly! (To be continued.) )