The army of immigrants marched desperately under the scorching sun, ignoring the complaints of the people, and the soldiers showed their swords and guns, forced them to march by force, and marched desperately with the strength of milk. Now, it's time to reason only with your fists.

Everyone was sweating like rain, even Cheng Dexuan and Yang Hao, who were riding on the horses, were disgraced and embarrassed, but they were in such a hurry, and at noon the next day, they were still caught up by the Khitan vanguard iron horse.

Just after noon, the convoy had just had lunch, and was hurrying forward, when suddenly saw the birds in the air in a hurry, swept over their heads and flew forward, Yang Hao turned his horse back, put his hand on the canopy and looked into the distance, only to see a black spot appear on the horizon, the black spot quickly became larger, and gradually saw that it was a cavalry team galloping.

Yang Hao suddenly changed color and shouted: "It's not good, the Khitans are really chasing after you." ”

Of course, it may be the Song army that is chasing, but on such a hot day, not only people can't stand it, but even the horses can't stand it, if there is a Song cavalry behind, they have no reason to gallop like this, so at this time, although they can't see the clothing and shape of the people and horses, it can be expected that they must be Khitans.

Cheng Dexuan also saw the pursuers at this time, and immediately drew his sword and shouted: "Hurry, hurry, move forward quickly, and order everyone to move forward immediately." Throw away everything that can be dropped, what is the panic, you, you, you ......, those who dare to run around and do not obey orders will be killed! ”

Cheng Dexuan took on this important task for the first time, drew his sword in his hand in a panic, gave an order incoherently, and rode a horse to a person in the back, although the weather was hot, this person was still neatly dressed, he galloped to Cheng and Yang, and said loudly: "Two adults, we can't go anymore, unless we leave these people, it is impossible for us to get rid of the pursuers." At this time, if you run wildly, the formation will inevitably be chaotic, and the soldiers will be exhausted and dare not resist, so the general trend will go. In the eyes of the last general, this is a vanguard of the Khitan people, although its soldiers are sharp, but the people are not numerous, we have not to fight, and now we must quickly arrange troops to meet it. ”

This young general is handsome, and his armor is even more heroic. Because of the hot weather, his fair face was flushed and faintly covered with sweat. Yang Hao took a look and recognized this person as Luo Kedi, the official to the military capital of Yuhou, commanding the two thousand forbidden soldiers and horses. Marquis Yu, the military capital, is the deputy of the commander of the military capital, and he is already a senior general at the army level under the four-level army establishment of the box, army, battalion, and capital. Because he belonged to the forbidden army and returned to Cheng Dexuan's jurisdiction, Yang Hao did not have much contact with him.

Cheng Dexuan shouted: "The enemy horse is galloping like a tiger and a wolf, we have 50,000 people as a burden, how can we fight with it?" Lord Luo, you listen to the orders of the officer, quickly lead the troops to block the enemy, and the officer and Yang Dujian lead people to hurry, and bring as much as you can bring out, it is better than stopping and waiting to be killed. ”

Luo Kedi hurriedly said: "My lord, the terrain here is open and flat, even if the last general leads the troops to meet the enemy, the enemy may not be willing to obediently listen to my mercy, if the enemy rides around my chariot and attacks the people from the flank, who can stop the tiger and wolf soldiers at that time?" My lord, now I can only gather my men and horses to prepare for war, and I can't do it anymore. ”

Yang Hao immediately expressed his position and shouted: "Lord Cheng, the lower officials think that what Lord Luo said is very true, if we blindly run away, the entire team will be dragged into a long snake, and once it is cut by the Khitan people, it can only be slaughtered by them." Now it seems that the Khitan vanguard is not very numerous, so it is better to follow the Luo army lord and fight with it, or there is something to do. ”

Yang Hao has never led a soldier or read a book of soldiers, but he has the wisdom to read people. Cheng Dexuan is knowledgeable and talented, but this does not mean that he is proficient in the art of war and has rich experience in battle formations, although in Yang Hao's heart, he is also like Cheng Dexuan, as soon as he sees the Khitan iron cavalry chasing, he instinctively wants to escape, the faster the better, the farther the better, but he believes that what Luo Kedi from the army said must have his truth, and his ignorance does not mean that what others say is wrong.

How did Luo Kedi know that this Yang Qincha was like a Guan Pounce bet at this time, but he was in a hurry to go to the doctor and bet that bet on him, and he also said that this official who had been promoted to the third level in a row was quite insightful, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Cheng Dexuan saw that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, and he had no idea for a while, so he had to say: "Okay, Commander Luo, this official has given you the right to arbitrarily decide in battle, you say, how should we be at the mercy?" ”

Luo Kedi was overjoyed and said: "Two adults, look over there, two miles away from here, is a barren mountain, please two adults speed the people to leave the road and move to the mountain, and finally concentrate the chariots to protect the back, according to the terrain to block the pursuing soldiers, the Khitans can not bypass us to attack the rear formation, so they can only fight with me, a glimmer of life, or maybe." ”

Cheng Dexuan has already delegated power, but he no longer makes ideas, and now he can't help but make any more ideas, so he immediately said: "Okay, Lord Yang, let's speed the people to retreat to the left side of the mountain." ”

Immediately ordered to go down, for a time people on the road shouted horses neighing, donkeys howled mules howled, some people cried, some people scolded, but there was no one who hesitated, the huge team left the road in a panic, under the guidance of the Song army, to avoid the bare foot of the mountain on the left, the road was empty, but left down many baskets and jars, as if they had just been robbed of the bazaar.

Liu Shixuan, Fan Laosi and others shouted hoarsely, driving those people, cattle and sheep generally concentrated down the mountain, and all the people crowded together, looking at the Khitan iron horsemen who were getting closer and closer in fear. Seeing that the Khitan iron cavalry was coming, Luo Kedi immediately gathered all the chariots and arranged them into a hollow triangular array with two layers of inner and outer layers, so that the crossbowmen hid in the chariots as cover, and the convoy was set out, which could be blocked in front of all the people, only a stone's throw away from them.

Immediately, the commander of the battalion ordered Xu Haibo and Helongcheng to be subordinate to the forbidden army and Cheng Shixiong's generals to lead the cavalry and foot soldiers to form two small formations on the left and right flanks of the car formation to protect the flanks of the people.

As soon as the big array saw the prototype, Luo Ke's enemy flew and rode to inform Cheng Dexuan and Yang Hao, the two Qin cha behind him, to concentrate their personal soldiers as preparations, but when they saw that a large array and two small arrays were tight, they rushed to supplement them. This side has just been arranged, and the Khitan iron cavalry has already been killed.

This road of enemy cavalry is indeed just a small vanguard force of the Khitans as analyzed by the Luo Ke enemy. Since learning that the people of the Northern Han Dynasty were taken away by the Song people, the Northern Han Emperor Liu Jiyuan was like a mourner, and when he saw his Khitan heroine, he cried that he had made a mistake.

After Xiao Hou heard the original story, he also knew that the Song people's plan was too vicious, if they really let them succeed, the Northern Han Dynasty would die in less than two years, although the Khitan sent troops to transfer and digest the internal conflict was the reason, but if the Northern Han could not be kept, it would be meaningless to pay such a sacrifice to maintain the Northern Han. So after Zhao Kuangyin led the main force of the Song army to retreat, she immediately sent a number of thousand-strong teams to search, first, to find out the whereabouts of the main force of the Song army, and second, to find out the whereabouts of the Northern Han people they moved away.

The commander of the enemy cavalry on this road was named Ke Pi Roar, and he was a general under the enemy of Yelu, the king of Ji, who died on the bank of the Tongtian River. Yelu Enemy is hot-tempered, and he has always advanced without retreating in his soldiers, and the generals he admires and promotes are naturally people with similar temperaments, most of them are impulsive and arrogant, and they talk about courage and strength in battle without thinking about strategies. Luo Kedi is afraid that he will not rush hard, if he leads the cavalry to attack his own wing, the formation he temporarily laid is difficult to ensure that the three formations echo each other before, I don't want Ke Pi to roar and see that he has found the people of the Northern Han Dynasty who have been relocated, a great achievement is in front of him, and he is overjoyed, he patted his horse again and again, shouting and shouting, just want to kill the Song army in front of him, where to avoid the enemy's sharpness, attack its weakness.

This road Khitan soldiers are his subordinates, all arrogant, no one in their eyes, this time because of the victory of Empress Xiao, even the Great Song Emperor fled, but also did not look at the Song army that escorted the people on this road, seeing that the Song soldiers who set up the army were more than them, this road Khitan iron cavalry was not afraid at all, people were like tigers, horses were like dragons, with a fierce spirit that destroyed everything and swooped towards the Song army's array, trying to break the Song army's car formation in a battle, killing pigs and sheep to kill them cleanly: "The head of the Song army can be taken back to receive the reward, Among the tens of thousands of people in the back, there are countless big girls who don't slip away, haha! This beauty difference was actually grabbed by us, could it be that the king and his old man are blessed by the spirit of heaven? ”

In front of the enemy's single cavalry, there was a spear on the saddle, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart when he saw that the enemy cavalry had neither slowed down nor had the intention of avoiding the impact side of the car formation. He secretly calculated the speed of the enemy horse, and when he saw the enemy horse swooping down on the smoke and dust of the night, he suddenly raised his gun and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

The archers were already ready for it, and a volley of sharp arrows immediately roared out. The Song army is equipped with the most archers in the arms, each soldier is equipped with eight swordsmen, sixteen gunmen, and the remaining more than seventy people are archers and crossbowmen, and the proportion of melee personnel is very small.

The arrows rained down, and the Khitan soldiers were in a hurry, and most of them had no time to take the leather shield to defend themselves, and they were immediately shot on their backs. Unmoved, Roque waved his gun and shouted again: "Release the arrow!" ”

The second round of arrow rain shot out again, the Khitan people relied on the fast horses, and rushed forward with a strange shout against the arrow rain, ignoring the dead and wounded, and when the third round of arrow rain was fired, the Khitan cavalry had rushed to within 100 steps, and the hideous facial features of the people who rushed to the front were clearly distinguishable.

Luo Kedi shouted coldly: "Zhang crossbow, shoot!" ”

The trumpeters behind him immediately waved the flag, and those crossbowmen were also veterans with rich experience in the battle formation, seeing that the enemy was close in front of them, but they were not alarmed, according to the commander's order, they stood there under the cover of the chariot, and hung down their hard crossbows, pedaled dry, bent over and stood up, squeaked, opened the crossbow strings, and slid into the crossbow arrows, only to hear the sound of "sonorous and sonorous", and countless crossbow arrows roared away from the chariot flanks and chariots towards the Khitan cavalry.

Crossbow arrows are more powerful than bows and arrows, and can be fired horizontally, at this time the Khitans are closer, and the crossbow arrows are easier to aim, and nearly a hundred Khitan knights have been shot down at the time. Seeing that the Khitan iron cavalry who rushed to the front turned on their horses, because the momentum was very urgent, many war horses fell to the ground and rolled and slid out more than two feet away, which made the Khitan cavalry behind the momentum be stopped, and Luo Kedi immediately issued an order to take the initiative to attack: "Chariot, charge into battle!" ”

Dozens of chariots rushed forward and swept towards the Khitan cavalry, which had been scattered in the charging formation. Any type of army has its advantages and disadvantages, if Ke Roar uses the strong mobility of the cavalry to specialize in one wing of the Song army, forces the chariot formation to move with it, and then swings the army to cover the kill, it will be difficult for the Roke enemy's chariot formation to exert such power. At this time, Ke Roar had lost the opportunity, and the iron horse fell into the car formation, which was really more unbearable than a foot soldier.

Yang Hao watched from afar, and saw that the Song army's vehicle formation tactics were quite similar to the tank tactics of later generations, first attacking from afar with "artillery fire", and then relying on armor to make a savage charge, and the infantry of the brigade followed behind to pick up the cheap. At this moment, the chariot rushed into the enemy formation to entangle the enemy horse, the chariot soldiers wielded big axes, big knives, up and down the head of the person, down the leg of the horse, the Khitan elite cavalry did not have time to spread their hands and feet, they fell into the car formation, the war horse did not know how to dodge, and the knight on the horse could not dodge, and was immediately killed and turned over on his back.

This tactic is the most advantageous means to set up a formation on the plain to deal with the cavalry, and later the Song army defeated the Jin army in the battles of Dayi Town and Tuogao, using such a method of warfare, and the northern warriors also admitted that the Central Plains army, the great one is the bow and arrow, and the second one is the big sword and heavy axe, and the rest is nothing to fear. Now, this Khitan cavalry is extremely cooperative, allowing the Song army to perfectly perform an attack tactic of a chariot formation and a heavy axe.

The dog didn't dare to see the daylight, so he hid in the car and asked nervously: "Hey, old Taoist, did Uncle Yang Hao defeat the Khitans?" ”

The old Taoist seemed to be awake and looked at the battle in front of him without saying a word, and the dog barked again: "Hey, old Taoist, my Uncle Yang Hao is fine, right?" ”

Fuyaozi rolled his eyes and still ignored her, so the dog had to change his words and say, "Grandpa Daoist, tell me quickly." ”

She saw that this Taoist priest had black hair, and seemed to be much younger than Grandpa Liu who was driving the car, but there were a lot of wrinkles on his face, so she obediently changed her mouth and called him Taoist Grandpa, and said with a smile: "Your Uncle Yang Hao is standing there dignified and watching the enemy's formation, neither a knife nor an arrow, and more than 100 personal soldiers around him have protected him from wind and rain, and he has never caught a knife at all, what can he do." ”

When the dog heard this, he was relieved, patted his chest and said: "It's good that the uncle didn't go into battle, Grandpa Taoist, it's scary to hear the shouting and killing outside, have we won?" ”

Fuyaozi squinted his eyes, only to see that Luo Ke's enemy led the chariot into the enemy formation, using the advantage of heavy equipment to suppress the maneuver space of the Khitan cavalry, so that the enemy cavalry completely lost the combat advantage of mobility and agility, the Song army commanders on the left and right wings are experienced battlefield veterans, at this time they have also seized the fighter plane, led the cavalry and foot soldiers from both wings to outflank the past, the foot soldiers killed into the enemy formation, the cavalry along the outside around the enemy, there is a great chance to annihilate this Khitan thousand people here, so he twisted his beard and smiled: "Win, win, you don't have to worry, This Khitan cavalry came alone, and abandoned its strengths, and this battle was about to be lost. ”

The dog couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard it, and he only hated that he couldn't run out to see the majesty of Uncle Yang Hao's victory with his own eyes. Uncle Yang Hao's majesty? That's natural, what does it matter if he doesn't go into battle, in the dog's heart, he is a big official, even if he doesn't go into battle, this battle must be personally commanded by her Uncle Yang.

In the dog's heart, the "General Yang", who has no last resort to plan like Zhuge and the three armies of Yongguan like a dragon, was standing side by side with Cheng Dexuan at this time, watching in amazement as the Song army killed the Khitans. However, although the Song army won this battle easily, he also knew that there was no fluke in it, if the Khitan soldiers were really so bad, heroes like Zhao Kuangyin would not have to lead the army to follow the road.

Seeing that Xu Haibo and He Longcheng, the two commanders, led the army to outflank from the flank, and the overall situation was already decided, Cheng Dexuan couldn't help but be overjoyed, as if this battle was all his credit, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "My Great Song Heavenly Soldiers are really brave, haha, although this Khitan is fierce, it is extremely vulnerable." Yang Dujian, do you think our army can completely annihilate the enemy cavalry along the way? ”

Yang Hao shook his head lightly and said, "My lord, unless none of the Khitan soldiers on this road want to escape, I am afraid that if we want to annihilate a cavalry, I am afraid ...... Hard. ”

At this time, the Khitan soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and they fled out of the encirclement, Cheng Dexuan sighed, and said regretfully: "It's a pity, it's a pity, but this official can hit the enemy cavalry hard in a battle, so that he can flee in the wind, which is enough." ”

Yang Hao saw that he was a little carried away, and couldn't help but remind: "Lord Cheng, now that there are fish that have escaped from the net, I am afraid that a large group of enemy horsemen will come soon, although this battle is won, but our purpose is to bring these tens of thousands of people into the Song Realm safely, I am afraid that this task will be more difficult." ”

Cheng Dexuan frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "How long will it take for us to rush to the nearest defensible big city in the east?" ”

Yang Hao thought for a moment and replied, "There are probably more than six hundred miles." His voice was a little bitter: "Let's help the old and the young, this part of the road, I'm afraid...... Can't outrun the Khitan cavalry. ”

Cheng Dexuan glanced at him with some contempt, and said lightly: "Lord Yang is afraid?" ”

Yang Hao endured his anger and argued: "My lord, the lower officials are indeed afraid, not for their own safety, but also for the sake of these tens of thousands of women and children." Now that the Khitans have chased us and discovered our traces, I am afraid that we will not be able to bring these people to the southeast and southeast safely, if we ...... How about we now follow the second route designated by the government, go south, and then west, and cross the river to the area of Yan'an Mansion? ”

Cheng Dexuan hesitated, shook his head slightly, and Yang Hao said again: "To the east of this place, it is a straight line, and it is very easy to catch up, and the whole route is too close to the north, they can catch up from behind, or they can notify the domestic garrison to cross the border and intercept at any time, we have such a large team of people, and the possibility of entering the safe area safely is very small." If we change our route now and follow this mountain range to the south, then west, and cross the river to the southwest, the Khitans will never dare to go deep into the Song realm and chase them there, only in this way can we take people out safely. Now we have a small victory, just play the role of confusing the enemy, the enemy cavalry chasing will go to the way forward, will never expect us to suddenly change the route of travel, and when they find out, we have reached the edge of the Yellow River, then we can be peaceful, without losing a soldier or a horse, and arrive safely in the Song realm. ”

Yang Hao said sincerely, but Cheng Dexuan knew that Zhao Kuangyin did not want to bring these people to the southwest Zhe's sphere of influence, and he didn't want to take this road unless he had to. If you can bring all these tens of thousands of people to the East Road, this merit will be perfect, and you can get the favor of the officials. It seems that he only hesitated for a moment, and then sneered: "Lord Yang is a little alarmist, the Khitans are still searching for the official family's brigade everywhere, how can they send heavy troops to chase and kill us, the generals are brave and good at fighting, with them to protect and block the enemy, we will travel all the way east day and night, how do we know that we will not be able to reach the Song Realm?" ”

Before Yang Hao could say more, Cheng Dexuan had already moved forward, and said coldly: "The Khitans have retreated, let's go and visit the soldiers, and the matter of changing the route of travel will be put aside for the time being." ”

Seeing Cheng Dexuan leading his soldiers to greet those bloodied soldiers with joy, Yang Hao shook his head lightly and sighed: "If you are not afraid of enemies like tigers, you are afraid of comrades like pigs, you don't want to bring these tens of thousands of creatures into a desperate situation." ”

Fan Laosi spit out the chewed soft grass stalks, and said gloomily: "My lord, as long as that pig is slaughtered, are you still afraid that someone will drag you back?" ”

Yang Hao knew that the upper-class figures still paid attention to face, but the estrangement between the Northwest Zhe clan and the imperial court made the low-level soldiers and the imperial court soldiers and horses distinct, and they were often hostile to each other. But he didn't expect that soldiers like Fan Laosi didn't take the majesty of the court in their eyes at all, and would say such rebellious words. He was afraid that this Fan Laosi would really do something and the catastrophe of the Nine Clans, so he couldn't help but reprimand sternly: "What nonsense are you talking about, take away your gangsters, do you want to fall into the grass?" Don't make a big deal out of me. ”

As soon as Fan Laosi was drunk by him, his eerie face disappeared all of a sudden, he put on a ruffian, rubbed his hands, and said with a dry smile: "Isn't the humble position just a happy mouth, how can you still take it seriously, hehe, just kidding, it's a joke." ”

Yang Hao was angry and funny, glared at him fiercely, and then kicked his horse and chased after Cheng Dexuan.

Seeing the Khitan soldiers swept in the wind, and poured into the flowing water, those frightened people suddenly shouted, the burly fifty-year-old man was not happy or angry on his face, he only glanced at the Song army who returned from a big victory, pressed his hands on his knees, squinted a pair of sharp eyes and looked up at the sky, there was a goshawk in the sky, circled in the air a few times, flapped his wings and flew north, he sighed lightly, and shook his head slightly: "The road ahead is bumpy, I am afraid it will be difficult." ”

Mu En, the big man standing on the side, said in a deep voice: "The Khitan people have eagles to deliver news, I'm afraid that the iron cavalry in the northern country will enter the Song realm at any time to intercept it, and the road ahead is no longer safe, should I remind the two adults of the Song Kingdom?" ”

The old man smiled faintly and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Mu En hurriedly said: "Lord, if the Khitans come to kill, I am afraid that the Lord will be injured in the war, let's ......"

The old man said indifferently: "The old man has been at the mercy of others all his life, and he has lived a life like a walking corpse. One day of life is one day, whether it is the Song people or the Khitan people, what does it have to do with me? ”

"The Lord ......"

"Don't be impatient!" The old man said, his eyes closed and he stopped, he stomped his feet fiercely, looked at the place where the eagle disappeared in the sky, and let out a long sigh.