【146】Decisive Battle on the Plains
300,000 people put out the fire together, the efficiency is not to say, but the fire is too big, and there is no water here, it happens to be May and June, so don't mention how fast the fire burns.
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Everyone thought in their hearts, this person was really unlucky, and he saved himself into it.
However, when such thoughts come to the mind of many people, they feel a pain in their spine, and then they lose consciousness and fall into the fire in front of them.
This happens from time to time, and within a few hours of extinguishing the fire, according to incomplete statistics, more than 300 people have died in this way. Because there were too many people and the battle line against the fire was very long, it didn't arouse everyone's alarm, but I just thought that these people were just as stupid as fighting the fire.
After the fire was extinguished, the forest was still full of smoke, but Yelu Yanxi impatiently ordered the army to advance, although the forest that had just been scorched by the fire was no longer open flames, but the temperature was still very high, and the soldiers in armor had not gone far to complain. They were in a land that had been raging an hour before, and they felt like they were separated from a piece of roast meat with only a handful of spices.
Yelu Yanxi can guarantee that if God can make a heavy rain now, he will definitely build a dragon king temple for the dragon king when he goes back.
Unfortunately, the Dragon King was not at home today, so they had to endure extremely high temperatures to march, which made the soldiers feel extremely painful. After walking for only a dozen miles, no one wanted to go. Yelu Yanxi was helpless. I can only order to quit first. Wait until evening and then walk through the forest. So the soldiers walked back ten times faster than when they came, and went into the mountains and forests to shelter from the heat.
And on the mountain not far from them, there are bright white eyes that are always watching their every move, these people are naturally a sparrow tactical team sent by Zhou Yi, and they are also the masterminds of this fire, and they are the group of farmers that Yelu Yanxi has met before.
This fire, which burned for only an hour and burned only a few dozen acres of land, had a very bad impact on the Liao army. At least in terms of morale, they have dropped a lot, not to mention those who died in the process of fighting the fire.
In the evening, the weather cooled down, and Yelu Yanxi couldn't wait to give the order to move forward, planning to get out of this mountain forest in one go.
But obviously, his wish was difficult to fulfill, less than ten miles out, in front of him was a canyon, at this moment in the canyon, everywhere were thick trees and hundreds of pounds of stones. There's no way to get past it.
If you give up this canyon, you have to climb the mountain. It's not a little bit of a long way. Yelu Yanxi immediately made a decision and ordered everyone to start clearing the road, while scattering to check the surrounding situation. Yelu Yanxi also understood that he should have encountered the Song army, maybe the previous fires were all set by the Song army, in order not to cause trouble at this time, he could only order some people to start checking the surrounding situation and cleaning up the canyon.
After learning of the movements of Yelu Yanxi's soldiers, the Song army scattered and avoided all of them, allowing Yelu Yanxi to pounce.
After cleaning the entire canyon, a night had passed, and the culprit had not been found, which made Yelu Yanxi not very happy.
So they went on with a depressed mood, and the progress was not smooth, because they often found that in front of them there was either a big pit covered with straw, or a boulder blocking the way, knowing that it was someone making trouble, but there was nothing they could do.
The main thing is that he finally discovers that the team is often attacked, these people kill a few and run, all of them shoot their own soldiers with bows and arrows, and by the time they try to find the murderer, they have long since disappeared.
This makes him helpless, it's like a person with a few mosquitoes on him, it bites you and makes you tickle, but you can't catch him.
Along the way, he was hung and beaten like this, and when he got out of the mountains, the total losses of all kinds had exceeded 10,000 people, which made him so annoyed that he almost ordered his 290,000 soldiers to conduct a carpet search of the mountains. But after all, he still had a bit of a brain, and decided to wait until Ulzhou was recovered before settling accounts with these Song troops.
When I got out of the mountains, the original three-day trip was delayed for five days.
Finally went down the mountain, looked back at the mountain peak behind him that brought him endless troubles, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and went down the mountain, it is the world of my Daliao cavalry!
He stepped on his horse, raised a spear in his hand, and shouted loudly: "All soldiers, listen to my orders, assemble!" ”
In the distance, Zhou Yi looked at him like this, and couldn't help but slander, he should really hit a thunderbolt to kill him.
Yelu Yanxi looked at the place about two miles ahead, the tents stretched out in patches, and he was not surprised, didn't he come all the way to fight with this Song army? Now these Song troops actually dare to face to face with themselves on the plain, which is simply an insult to the Great Liao cavalry!
Zhou Yi's 50,000 horses had been waiting here for a few days, and even on the land in front of them, Zhou Yi could guarantee that no matter how powerful the cavalry of the Liao army was, it would be impossible to use it on this plain.
During this period of time when the Liao army gathered, small teams appeared in all directions, these were all Song troops, and the number of people shocked Yelu Yanxi, and at the same time, he also understood that the reason why he was so unhappy along the way was because of these people.
Just when his 300,000 army was assembled, the Song army on the opposite side was already waiting solemnly, and the gap between the two in terms of strength was actually not big, Zhou Yi's side was 250,000, Yelu Yanxi was 40,000, 290,000. Although he only lost 10,000 people on the road, which did not meet Zhou Yi's requirements, Zhou Yi was basically satisfied.
The advantage of the Liao State is the cavalry, and Yelu Yanxi's belief in victory also comes from the cavalry, and past experience has already proved that compared with the cavalry with fast speed and strong attack power, the infantry has no advantage, and is only reduced to being unilaterally slaughtered.
Zhou Yi had already thought of a way to deal with the cavalry, in the Tang Dynasty, he used a Mo knife to deal with the cavalry, as well as a horse crutch, but Zhou Yi felt that these two things were not very practical, and the cavalry wanted to charge on the flat ground to show the effect, and only needed to make the flat ground no longer flat, and no matter how good his skills were, it would be in vain.
Under the command of Zhou Yi, the Song army was first divided into four layers, everyone was holding bows and arrows, this is the legendary ladder shooting, the people in the first row squatted down after shooting, and the second group of people who were ready immediately followed, and the people in front were ready after the third group of shooting was completed. This ensured the coherence of the shot, as well as good coverage of fire.
The Liao army began its first charge under the command of Yelu Yanxi, and 10,000 people, a full 10,000 cavalry, formed a phalanx, with broadswords in their hands, ready to rush over to reap the lives of the Song soldiers.
Zhou Yi held the sword tightly in his hand, his eyes looked ahead, he was no longer as chic as before, and he was very nervous in his heart, after all, this was the first time to fight head-on with someone, and he didn't dare to guarantee how much of a role his trap could play.
The trumpets sounded, the drums of war were beaten, and the battle began. Yelu Yanxi, like Zhou Yi, didn't like to send people back and forth before the official battle, so this charge was very simple and direct.
Yelu Yanxi sat on his BMW and sharpened his knives, as long as the first wave of charges in front could break up the formation of the Song army, then he would immediately take people up to harvest. He couldn't help but lick his lips, as if he smelled blood, and his eyes exuded a wolf-like gaze.
"Kill!" Yelu Yanxi gave the order to charge, and the soldiers who charged shouted a uniform slogan, they were undoubtedly excellent riders, and they were able to maximize their speed advantage in a short period of time, which was an advantage that the Song army was far from incomparable, which was the innate attribute of the grassland people.
But not being able to ride a horse does not mean that the Song army has low combat effectiveness, otherwise it would not be possible for the Liao army to go south for so many years.
The war horses galloped on the ground, and the soldiers of the Song army could also feel the shaking of the ground, they held the weapons in their hands tightly, and soon after, they would encounter, the so-called narrow road meet the brave wins, and it depends on them how far they can go.
However, Yelu Yanxi didn't expect the next situation, and the only Yelu Dashi who had encountered such a situation was already dead.
The seemingly flat ground suddenly collapsed, and a large, long pit suddenly appeared, engulfing all the cavalry like a black hole, and the screams and neighing of the horses made everyone's scalps tingle. Zhou Yi also felt bad when he heard it.
How fast is the warhorse? No one calculated, in short, they could rush to the enemy with indomitable momentum, but they did not have the courage to rush into the pit of killing. After the cavalry in front suffered, the cavalry behind hurriedly controlled their horses and stopped.
Rao is like this, in this instant, even people and horses have fallen more than 3,000, and the loss is nearly half!
Yelu Yanxi's eyes were split, the cavalry is the killer weapon of the Great Liao, and it is also the wealth of the Great Liao, and now an enemy has lost three thousand cavalry, and no one can stand it.
And looking at Zhou Yi again, he was still very satisfied with the effect of the big pit, and said with a smile to himself: "Sure enough, it is useful to pit anywhere, you can pit whoever you want, even if you are the emperor, you can do it." (To be continued......)