On the second day of the Battle of Sanguan, in front of the Sikou Pass, Xiao Zhuobu divided the cavalry unit into two 10,000 teams and sent them out at dawn according to the siege plan formulated the night before.

And he himself was still walking back and forth in the tent, scolding from time to time: "After Yan Gulu, this pit goods, Nima is already three poles a day, and he has dragged it out for this king, Mr. Qian, have you sent someone to urge again?" ”

Qian Fuyu: "King, don't worry!" The subordinates sent people to urge them early and told them to rush back to report no matter what the situation was. ”

Xiao Xunbu patted him on the shoulder and nodded with satisfaction: "It's still thoughtful Mr., and here you can make this king spend less money!" ”

Qian Fuyu hurriedly nodded and flattered: "Your Excellency, your award, you are too awarded, you are a good leader!" ”

As he was talking, a herald rushed in very impolitely and rushed in directly, and immediately knocked in front of Xiao Zhuobu: "King, the big thing is not good!" Our baggage troops were attacked by the Song army, and all the baggage was burned! ”

This sentence made the two people who were still happily complimenting each other just now complete the process of changing their faces in an instant.

After a long while, Qian Fuyu relieved himself and asked, "What is the specific situation?" Our baggage is escorted by a team of 1,000 people, and the face is calm and stable? ”

Herald: "We searched the scene and found that Wan Yan and more than 200 of our soldiers had been killed, and only arrow wounds were found on their bodies, and there was no sign of hand-to-hand combat. ”

Xiao Xunbu then asked, "What about the others?" You didn't find a single one alive? ”

Herald: "Back to the king, the little ones searched all the places within a two-mile radius, except for the bodies of more than 100 soldiers found in a wood, no other soldiers were found, and there was no trace of large-scale fighting at the scene. ”

"Song Jun is so arrogant, he dares to go to the territory of my Great Liao Kingdom to spread wildness, and he dares to take the baggage of this king, and this king must break them into pieces! Can you find out how many men and horses there are in the Song army? Xiao Zhuobu was furious, but he never thought that he had gone to other people's territory to spread wilderness first.

"Please, the king, be angry! The little one didn't see Song Jun's figure either. The herald replied under pressure.

"A bunch of rubbish!" Xiao Xunbu kicked the herald again, and eased his anger for a moment before asking Qian Fuyu, "What do you think, sir?" ”

"King, please allow your subordinates to ponder!" Qian Fuyu dealt with him first, and then opened his mind to think about it carefully, and couldn't think of a reason for a while.

This cannot be blamed for the lack of Qian Yuyu's IQ, but there is no precedent for special operations in this era. And according to their self-righteous combat power, a thousand Liao soldiers could completely fight against two or three times the Song army, even if they did not count the escorted people. If this is calculated, if you want to eat the baggage troops so "easily", the Song army must send about 5,000 men and horses. But their own army is blocked at the door of people's homes, how can they have the opportunity to send such a large force to their rear? Even if they dodged the spies they sent out, or laid an ambush there in advance, they couldn't have killed only two or three hundred people, right?

This series of questions swirled in Qian Fuyu's mind, but he couldn't find a breakthrough, and now he knows a little less information, if only he could be in more detail. Thinking of this, he saw the herald still lying on the ground, and asked, "Did you find anything strange at the scene?" Didn't you say that only more than 200 soldiers died, but what about the rest? Can't you even detect the movements of so many people? ”

This really can't blame the heralds for not being proficient in their business, it's just that the military regulations of the Liao army are relatively clumsy, and if something happens to their commander, the people below will not have good fruit to eat, and for the people who do not complete the task on time, the result may be even more annoying. Although Ding Zhaolan did not kill the other soldiers after killing the bones, he did not want to capture them, so he burned the baggage of other people and left. However, these Liao soldiers, who had lost their bosses, were afraid of being dealt with by military law, so they all tacitly chose to be deserters. The soldiers have all run away, and the people will naturally not stay there stupidly waiting to be beheaded.

Is it still so easy to find the traces of scattered people?

"The subordinates are incompetent!" The herald could only admit very aggrievedly: "However, when it comes to weird places, there are really them!" At first, when I arrived, I saw the smoke and thought there was a big fight. But judging from the footprints on the ground and the situation of the on-site fighting, it felt like those people were shot by more than 100 cavalrymen. By the way, the corpses of the hundreds of our soldiers we found in the woods had their clothes pulled off......"

After Qian Fuyu heard this information, he touched his beard for a long time, but still got nothing, Xiao Xunbu couldn't help but ask, "Sir, have you thought of something?" ”

Qian Fuyu was embarrassed: "The king atoned for his sins!" The subordinates thought about all the Song troops, but they couldn't think of that army could have such ability. Do you want to report this to the Queen Mother? ”

Xiao Zhuobu: "What do you say? Say we can't even keep our baggage? Or did Song Jun not find out right under our noses? Do you want the Queen Mother to see our jokes! You're funny! ”

Qian Fuyu: "However, my subordinates are worried that they can't hide it!" ”

"That's right, if you can't hide it, it won't be worth the loss." Xiao Xunbu thought to himself, so he glanced at the herald who was still lying on his stomach, and asked sharply: "You tell me honestly, how many people still know about this?" ”

The herald also sensed that the atmosphere at the scene was a little weird, and replied tremblingly: "Go back...... When he returned to the king, he and some of his brethren knew. ”

That's the answer!

Xiao Xunbu continued to threaten: "This king tells you, give your mouth to this king tightly, if this king hears a trace of news about this matter, be careful of your heads!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The small one is guaranteed to be killed, and it is not said! The herald nodded in response.

Xiao Zhuobu: "Get out!" ”

Qian Fuyu waited for the herald to go out, then frowned and asked in a low voice: "King, that's more than a thousand people, and there are so many grains, grass and baggage, even if we can say that the baggage was lost during the siege, but what about our tens of thousands of grain and grass?" ”

"Grain and grass?" Xiao Xunbu knocked his head twice, a flash of inspiration, and his eyes lit up: "Sir, you are looking at it, we don't have food and grass, but Song Jun has!" As long as we can seize the time to conquer the silt pass, everything will not be a problem! ”

"The king is wise!" Qian Fuyu immediately followed a sycophant.

As a result, Xiao Zhuobu's siege plan was forced to turn into a serious assault because of this sudden accident.

And the two 10,000 cavalry teams that Xiao Zhuobu originally sent to copy the back road, one of them successfully reached the designated position, but the other met the Qinglong 4th Army that Zhi Weizheng had pre-arranged halfway. The commander of the Qinglong 4th Army is more special, he is the only one among all the reorganized armies who stands out from the grassroots officers, because he performed very well in various military exercises, Zhe Weizheng reported to Zhao Zhen, and promoted him exceptionally.

This person's name is Huo Wangxi, who claims to be the descendant of Huo Quai, shouting to recreate the glory of his ancestors, which is also the motivation for him to become a soldier. This kind of talent is rare in the Song army, a soldier with ideals is a good soldier, Zhao Zhen did not hesitate to agree to Zhe Weizheng's request for promotion after sending someone to understand his past.

Judging from his performance in training, he is undoubtedly the one who has the best understanding of Zhao Zhen's obscene spirit among the eighteen military-level commanders of the two legions of the Blue Dragon and White Tiger. This may have something to do with his own identity and experience, he has not yet developed the rigid thinking of traditional generals, for him, those who can move their mouths will never use their hands, and those who can use arrows will never pull out their knives.

Therefore, after Huo Wangxi received this task, he did not build a wooden village like Qi Luosheng, and did not even do a decent fortification, and he also boldly arranged the division of troops. After carefully reading all the war briefings, he carefully observed them on the sand table for a while, and after some weighing, he circled two places, and placed 10,000 troops in each place.

One of these two places is close to Yijin Pass, ten miles east of it. Another place to camp was ten miles west of Sikou Pass, and this place happened to have a few small hills. It is precisely because of the existence of these small hills that it has become one of the few places within a radius of ten miles that has not been dug into farmland by the Song army. In other words, this is the closest way for the Liao army to bypass the Sikou Pass, and it is also a good place for obscene people to play ambushes.

"There it is!" After Huo Wangxi took a few staff officers to inspect the field, he suddenly said without a clue.

Staff Officer: "Commander, what's the matter?" ”

Huo Wangxi: "What did you say?" Of course, there is an idea for war! By the way, send the scouts far away, always pay attention to the movements of the Liao army, and stare the Liao army to death for the envoy. ”

Staff officer: "Commander, rest assured, we have already arranged this matter, and this time it is estimated that they are already waiting outside the mouth pass." ”

Huo Wangxi: "Well, your staff is still a little useful, and the envoy has a lot of worries!" ”

Staff Officer: "Thank you for the compliment!" I wonder how the commander plans to arrange the position? ”

"Oh, Ben was about to say that!" Huo Wangxi pointed to the hills in front of him and said, "Have you seen those hills, I just took a closer look, the height of these hills is basically about the same, and it is only forty or fifty meters high from the ground, and it is relatively steep." You go at once and measure the spacing of the hills, look for three that are three hundred meters apart, and then have the engineers make a block out of the ground on them, and they are to place thirty or forty bed crossbows on them. A tall tower should be erected on top of each platform, so that the lookout post can observe the entire battlefield, so that it is easy to command. Another point is that you mobilize all the soldiers and dig a circle of circular ladders on all the hills, each one meter high and two meters wide. ”

The staff officer wrote down his instructions, and then asked casually, "Commander, what are you doing here?" Are you worried that the enemy will not be able to climb the slope and repair the steps for them? ”

"Nonsense!" Huo Wangxi gave him a blank look: "The envoy wants to kill them all, how can he have such kindness!" Fighting a war requires brains, like those Liao barbarians can only go on a rampage, and they will bully and bully our cavalry less, what kind of climate can it become! Now, I'm going to teach them a lesson that war can be an art! ”

The staff officer shook his head: "The subordinates still don't understand!" ”

Huo Wangxi smiled: "It's right if you don't understand, and those Liao barbarians don't understand it even more, just do what you do, and you will naturally understand when the time comes!" ”

"Subordinates obey!" After the staff officer answered, he arranged for someone to carry it out, and he continued to talk to Huo Wangxi: "Commander, you said that the saints have said that they want to recruit in person, why did you change your mind again!" If you want me to say that you should go directly to Liao, how can you stop them at this border! ”

Syllable! Huo Wangxi gave him a brain: "Is the saint also something we can discuss!" Be careful next time you speak. Besides, didn't the commander-in-chief say it, the Holy Lord delayed it because of a major event, and when the matter is dealt with, he will definitely go on another Northern Expedition! ”

Staff: "My subordinates know it's wrong!" It's just that there are still some soldiers who don't know what to do about it, so the subordinates say this, and the subordinates will explain it to them well. ”

"Hmmm! That's right! Huo Wangxi nodded: "Actually, if you want the envoy to say, this matter is not at all useless if you don't know about the Holy Lord's personal conquest, just the Xiao family's melon lady in the Liao Kingdom, and she still wants to wrestle with our wise and martial saint, and she doesn't weigh how many catties and taels she has." This envoy put his words here, sooner or later, this envoy will lead you to set foot on the Liao Kingdom and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun! (To be continued.) )