Chapter 36: The Khitans Attack [5]

Hearing Sasted's question, the dozen or so people in the big tent immediately trembled, and they were helpless. In the past, the army went out to Gubeikou, and the guards were all guarding the pass. Set up a raft, find an opportunity to enter the hinterland of Danzhou, and wait until the cold winter has condensed the water of the Baichao River into ice, and then calmly retreat from the Baichao River.

But now although Li Cunhuan is showing weakness, the army guarding the Coyote Mountain and Gubeikou has become a corner, so that the Khitans cannot advance or retreat. The most important thing is that Li Cunxiao is too fierce, which is too much of a blow to the enemy's morale, and it is also a good morale bonus for his own side. Let Sassard feel like a dog bites a hedgehog and has no way to start.

"It's better to send soldiers and horses, go over the mountains and take the trails, and enter Danzhou!" It was a long time before a minor chieftain came up with a bad plan.

Sathed didn't even pay attention to it, pretended not to hear, and asked Yeluyi, "Yeluyi, what do you think?" ”

So that the chief was not embarrassed, and hurriedly lowered his head to eat the mutton on the table, and easily did not dare to speak again.

Yeluyi pondered for a long time, sighed and said, "It's not good! Not good! "There's obviously no way around it.

Sard's fist struck the wooden table, and the silver plate on the wooden table was thrown to the ground, and he said in distress: "If the enemy comes out to fight on the prairie, why should we be so distressed! Damn it! Is it just useless to waste? ”

Chi Yueli's eyes lit up, looking at the silver plate that fell to the ground, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said triumphantly: "Your Highness, in fact, we can lure!" Lead them out of the camp, and cut them off when the time comes, gah! Ga! ”

Sātā followed Chi Yuli's gaze and saw the silver plate falling on the ground, and he couldn't help but be angry. He reprimanded angrily: "You say that my family has mountains of gold and silver!" We Khitans have a lot of sheep and horses, but not ......" Speaking of this, Sasted's eyes lit up.

Chi Yueli said with a smile: "Your Highness understands! That's right, we use cattle and sheep to lure each other. And now moving to the other side, we ostensibly let our guard down and graze near Coyote Mountain. It's best to attack Coyote Mountain a few times, but you have to show that you are vulnerable. It is expected that Li Cunhuan ascended to a high position at a young age, so he is naturally a young man who is arrogant and empty-eyed. Several attacks have failed, must think that our Khitan is a soft persimmon, even if I am afraid of my Khitan iron cavalry, I will send troops to sneak attack the grazing troops, loot war horses, cattle and sheep, but then he will die! ”

Sard's hearing this, he was overjoyed, and he didn't care about the arrow wound on his thigh, so he stood up and said excitedly: "If you attack Gubeikou, I should remember your first merit!" ”

Hearing this, Chi Yueli said triumphantly: "Your Highness, I'm afraid you're wrong." If we surround Li Cunhuan, his men will definitely fight to rescue. But in the field, they are our opponents there. There are mountains in the back, the Baichao River in the east, and flat grasslands on both sides in the northwest, so we can annihilate this army. When the defenders of Gubeikou saw it, they must have been in turmoil. Especially when they saw Li Cunhuan's head and flag, it was called wonderful at that time. Maybe you don't want to shoot a single arrow, and you can occupy Gubeikou without moving a single soldier. Outside the Gubei Pass, there must have been most of the army of Danzhou, and most of the army of Danzhou was defeated. It is not difficult to capture Danzhou City, as long as I wait a little faster and walk out of Gubeikou before Li Kuangshou's soldiers and horses come. We're going back this time! Giggle! Giggle! ”

Sathed was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and couldn't help but laugh along with Chi Yuli. The chiefs and generals in the big tent also laughed, but only one person did not laugh, and that person was Yeluyi. When Li Cunhuan was said to be very "backboneless", he wanted to use 5,000 stone of grain to make the Khitans retreat. Although it didn't work out in the end, it gave Yeluyi a feeling that he could bend and stretch. He believed that such a person must not be a young man who was arrogant and empty-eyed like the center of Chi Yulikou.

But Jerry was a wise man, and he knew that if Sathed was a wise man, he would be rewarded for saying this. But Sapped is clearly not, and is not worthy of his assistance.

The Khitans have many tribes, and they have many contradictions, and Yeluyi's responsibility is to continue his tribe and make his tribe stronger. Therefore, at some point, he doesn't mind taking advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of others when he is cheap. In particular, he had heard that the Satshoud tribe had a good pasture, and if he got it, it would strengthen him. It is believed that the Khan will not stand up for a younger brother who is already dead or has lost his strength.

Strength on the grassland is everything, and the most he can do is to keep Sashide's surname and the wealth of his family, so that Sashide can spend the rest of his life in peace. There are some rules in the steppe that cannot be changed even if you have ascended to the throne of Khan.

Sathorn was a man of urgency, and once he had made his decision, he moved to the west bank of the White Tide the next day. The Khitan people are tribal, and when they go to war in peacetime, they draw one ding per household, and even the whole people are soldiers. However, they did not have military salaries, and even brought their own grain and grass, so the Khitans prevailed in grass and valley. On the one hand, it is to boost morale, but on the other hand, they do not have much to offer.

However, this also led to a lack of courage and discipline among the soldiers, as well as a great deal of autonomy among the troops. Just after a night's rest, the army was about to move, especially since this camp was originally intended to live for a long time and had to be guarded against enemy attacks, so it was very strong. Now it takes a lot of effort, and I have to move to the teacher.

Many of the soldiers complained, but Sathed couldn't do that much. Let people find a place where the water is gentle and the terrain is narrow, and build a pontoon bridge. After all, the Baichao River is not one of the big rivers in the south, and the water flow is low in winter, but in half a day, not only the pontoon bridge was built, but the army also crossed the river. Set up camp about thirty miles from Coyote Mountain. This distance is probably half a day's journey in the eyes of the infantry. But in the eyes of the cavalry, this was just an hour's journey.

When the division was moved, Sasted could ignore the complaints of the army, but after the camp was set up, Sasted could no longer ignore it, otherwise wouldn't it be unjust to die if there was a mutiny? After the camp of the large army, the whole army was declared to rest. At the same time, prepare to attack Coyote Mountain tomorrow.

Not to mention the Khitan side, turn your attention to Li Cunhuan. As soon as Li Cunhuan saw the Khitans move to the west bank, he knew that Sa Shude had made up his mind to deal with the army he led first. Although it is said that it is separated by a river, there is an army of Coyote Mountain, and the difficulty of the Khitans attacking Gubeikou has undoubtedly risen by several percentage points in a straight line. Immediately ordered all generals and colonels to go to the Chinese military tent to discuss matters.