Leng Yi knew that this Zhao Hongrust had a strange temperament, but he attached great importance to his daughter, and would never agree to let her follow him to fight in the north alone, and he couldn't stop him. Then he said: "Okay, but you must obey my orders, and you must not mess around, this is a marching battle, and you can't do it casually!" ”

Zhao Hongrust heard Leng Yi agree, and immediately smiled: "Okay!" You are the generalissimo, of course listen to you. ”

At that moment, Leng Yi drank the wine of the expedition, waved his long whip, and sent troops to conquer the Liao Dynasty.

On the way to the march, another urgent military situation was received, and the Liao army attacked Yizhou, surrounded Yizhou, and launched a strong attack. After Leng Yi hurriedly discussed with Yang Ye, the general Guo Jin led 50,000 cavalry, and galloped to the aid under the starry night. The rest of the army also stepped up its march.

Before the army reached Yizhou, he finally received good news, Guo Jin defeated the Liao army at the Yishui River, killed and wounded thousands of Liao troops, and the Liao army retreated into the territory in defeat. The siege of Yizhou City was lifted.

Leng Yi's army finally arrived in Yizhou and entered the city for repairs.

Cao Bin personally greeted him at the city gate.

Leng Yi, Yang Ye and others entered the Yizhou Yamen, and Cao Bin had already ordered a banquet to be placed. However, Leng Yi did not eat and ordered to discuss the military situation first.

Leng Yi took out the map and asked Cao Bin to tell the current deployment of the enemy army. Cao Bin stood for a long time and said: "A certain general insisted on Yizhou and did not dare to attack easily, and the spies sent only detected the north of Yishui, and there were many Liao troops, because they could not break through the Liao army blockade, so the specific Liao army deployment was not clear. ”

Leng Yi said: "Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Don't you understand this? ”

Cao Bin broke out in a cold sweat and said: "The last general knows his mistake, please punish the marshal!" ”

"Previously, the official family retreated from Youzhou. You didn't answer, although Zhao Yuanzuo should bear the main responsibility, but you, as the deputy marshal, should also take responsibility. Now you don't probe the enemy's situation, and you are passive on defense, so that you are besieged by the Liao army, if it weren't for Guo Jin's timely reinforcements. You're just afraid that you've lost Yizhou. Your mistake is not small, you are no longer suitable to command operations on the front line, you should go back to the capital. The Queen Mother will give you a suitable position! ”

Cao Bin's face turned pale. He said in a low voice: "Marshal, can you forgive the last general this time." ”

"Under my command, there are no mediocre talents." Leng Yi said coldly.

Cao Bin's face was ashamed, and he clenched his fists and arched his hands. Turned around and walked out of the yamen.

Yang Ye didn't know why Leng Yi removed Cao Bin from his post and returned to the capital as soon as he came up. There are some doubts. He didn't know that this Cao Bin was indeed invincible in the Song Dynasty's unification war, and he made many military exploits, but it was precisely because of this that he developed the problem of pride and arrogance. In the battle against the Liao army, he lost more than he won. Especially in the Battle of Qigou Pass in the Second Battle of Youzhou, Cao Bin's army, which served as the main attacker, began to advance lightly. The frustration and the lack of food and grass preparations, and the hasty withdrawal of the queen, as a result, was pursued and defeated by Yelu Huge, killing and wounding tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. The defeat in this battle greatly damaged the vitality of the Song army, and it was no longer able to organize a large-scale attack on the Liao army, and was forced to turn to a comprehensive defense.

In the early days of the confrontation with the Liao army, the Song army was not inferior to the other side in terms of strength and combat effectiveness, and the army was a brave division that had experienced a hundred battles, and the number was significantly higher than that of the Liao army. However, in previous battles, there were many defeats and few victories, and the reason for this was that ineffective command was an important factor, and the commanders of specific battles, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, and so on, were only good at fighting asymmetrically with the strong bullying the weak, and were not good at fighting tough battles. And Zhao Guangyi, as the supreme commander, is even more of a suspicious half-military strategist. This was the main reason for the repeated failures of the Song army.

Although Leng Yi is not a military strategist, and he can't even talk about understanding military affairs, he has a strength, that is, he knows a lot of stories about the Song-Liao War in history from various sources. It's equivalent to knowing the light. Therefore, in the face of Cao Bin, the culprit who led to the defeat of the Song army in the Second Battle of Youzhou, he naturally would not give him a chance to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The enemy situation was unknown, and Leng Yi did not rush to order an attack. He stationed troops and horses in the city, waited for orders, and then sent out spies to probe the enemy. At the same time, grain and grass were requisitioned and prepared for battle.

On this day, Leng Yi and Yang Ye were discussing the investigation news that Lu Bao had returned, and a guard hurriedly came in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the marshal!" Han Kuangsi, the commander of the Liao army, issued a war letter! ”

"Bring it on!"

Yang Ye took it, sneered, handed it to Leng Yi, and said, "The Liao army of Zhuozhou announced that this afternoon, they will go out of the city to compete with us. Moreover, their coach is going to challenge our manager personally. ”

Leng Yi said: "Rampant! Okay, we'll meet them and see if they have three heads and six arms! ”

"Herald! Go out of the city to meet the enemy! ”

The war drums on the city tower were like thunder, the city gate was wide open, and the Song army went out of the city and marched in the direction of Zhuozhou. About ten miles out of the city, I saw the black pressure Liao army also coming. The armor is bright, and the swords and guns are shining. When the two armies were hundreds of paces apart, they came to a halt.

Then, the war drums of the Liao army sounded in unison, the two compartments of the Chinese army separated, and rushed out a war horse, immediately a general, a pair of leopard eyes staring, beard like a steel needle, holding a Xuanhua axe, to the front of the battle, a reins of the horse, the war horse man stood up, let out a long neigh.

The general's voice was like a bell, and he said sharply: "I am Xiao Tuogu, the pioneer of the Liao Army, come to challenge, which of you will send you to death?" ”

At this time, Yang Ye's general Xiaocheng said: "I'm going to slaughter this rabbit cub!" ”

"Okay, be careful!"

Liaocheng rode out of the ranks, holding a nine-ring knife, and when he came closer, he said: "I am the general of the Great Song Leng Marshal Liaocheng, suffer death!" As he spoke, he waved his long knife and rode his horse towards Na Xiao Tuogu.

The two of you went back and forth, killed together, surveyed and fought for more than ten rounds, and then heard a loud shout, and Xiao Tuogu chopped off half of his head with an axe!

The corpse of Liaocheng fell under the horse, and the war horse ran back to the main formation.

The soldiers of the Song army hurriedly ran out and carried back the corpse of Xiaocheng.

Na Xiao Tuogu was triumphant, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Pus! You generals of the Great Song Dynasty are all pus-packs! - The one surnamed Leng, if you have the ability, you will come out to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will kill you and avenge our General Yelu Xianzhen! ”

Leng Yi chuckled in his heart, he understood why the Liao army wanted to engage in such a challenge. On the one hand, they wanted to use this method to hit the self-confidence of the Song army, and on the other hand, if they really agreed to a decisive battle, they could take the opportunity to kill themselves and avenge their Yelu Xianzhen who was killed by them on the border of Western Xia.

Yang Yedao, who was beside Leng Yi: "Marshal, don't pay attention to them, wait for the last general to slaughter this guy!" ”

He was about to ride his horse out of the ranks, and Yang Yanzhao, the sixth lang behind him, said loudly: "Use a cattle slaughtering knife to kill chickens!" Father, wait for the child to meet this guy! ”

"Good!" Yang Yedao, "Strive to live!" ”

Yang Yanzhao knew that his father wanted to force a confession, so he agreed, rode his horse and rushed forward, and said in a loud voice: "Yang Yanzhao, the general, is here to arrest you!" ”

"Then you have to ask if the Xuanhua axe in my hand agrees!" Xiao Tuogu sneered: "Come on! "Splitting the head and covering the face is an axe.

Yang Yanzhao held the spear in his hand up and shouted: "Open!" Hearing a crisp sound, Xiao Tuogu's Xuanhua axe, which weighed more than fifty pounds, was violently knocked away by Yang Yanzhao. And the shock made his hands numb and his head cloudy.

The two horses made a mistake, and Yang Yanzhao shot back, hitting the buttocks of Xiao Tuogu's war horse.

The horse was in pain, and the man stood up and threw Xiao Tuogu off his horse.

Xiao Tuogu was in danger, a donkey rolled on the ground, got up, screamed with a plate axe, and rushed towards Yang Yanzhao.

"Good time!" Yang Yanzhao said with a smile, turned the horse's head, and greeted it, and the spear was like a dragon going out to sea. Stabbed Xiao Tuogu on the ground in a hurry.

On the side of the Liao army's big array, a general rushed out: "He has fallen off the horse, you still don't let it go, don't be ashamed!" Rushed straight towards Yang Yanzhao.

It's just that it's too late for him. Just as he rushed out of the formation, Yang Yanzhao had already stabbed Xiao Tuogu in the shoulder with a shot, and he passed through! Xiao Tuogu's Xuanhua axe, which was more than fifty catties in his hand, couldn't hold it anymore, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Yang Yanzhao took out his spear and smashed it on the opponent's waist, causing Xiao Tuogu to fly out horizontally, hitting several times in a row, his waist was almost broken, and he couldn't get up when he struggled. The soldiers of the Liao army and the soldiers of the Song army rushed to fight for Xiao Tuogu almost at the same time.

At this time, the general of the Liao army who rushed up had already rushed over. Yang Yanzhao did not turn around to meet the enemy, rode his horse over, arrived at Xiao Tuogu's side, lightly stretched his ape arm, grabbed Xiao Tuogu's belt, lifted it, and ran towards the main formation.

"Go there! Hurry up and put down our General Shotogu! ”

He Liao General chased after him, but was stopped by another general who rushed out of the Song army's formation, it was the general Guo Jin, who stopped the Liao general with a horizontal spear and sneered: "What? Your Liao army is good at wheel warfare? ”

"Who's going to be fighting with you?" The general shouted, our people are defeated, that is, they lose, how can they capture our people if they lose? Put it back now! ”

Guo Jin laughed: "Are you crazy? The confrontation between the two armies is not a competition in the ring, and life and death are up to fate. Why don't you say that you have mercy on the people who killed us? ”

Seeing that Yang Yanzhao had already captured Xiao Tuogu back in front of the battle and threw him on the ground, knowing that there was nothing he could do, the long knife pointed at Guo Jin: "Who are you?" Report the name, Lao Tzu will not kill the nameless ghost under the knife! ”

Guo Jin said: "My name is Guo Jin, who are you?" ”

"Lao Tzu's name is Jerusha, let him die!" After that, the long knife slashed Huashan and slashed at Guo Jin's head, and Guo Jin's spear danced, fighting with Yelusha.

This time, the two of them can really be described as chess opponents, coming and going, and have been playing a hundred rounds, and they still don't know whether they win or lose. The drums of war on both sides of the battle line have broken through the sky, and there is still no result.

At this time, the sound of a gong sounded in the Liao army's array, which was Mingjin to collect the army and let Yelusha go back.

Yerusha was fighting and didn't want to go back, but the military order was like a mountain, and he could only rein in his horse and shout: "Boy, count yourself lucky!" I won't have such good luck next time! With that, he returned to the Liao army position with a knife.

Guo Jin also rode back. (To be continued......)