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Chapter 192 Wild Guard

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The wind in the northwest of Qin was already bitter, and there were still a few light snowfalls, but people were still able to walk well outside. It is also winter, Guanzhong and Jiangnan are different, Mobei and Guanzhong are also different, the winter in Jiangnan is just uncomfortable, the deep winter in Guanzhong is only cold, and the winter in Mobei is really called bitter cold. One of the reasons why the Han soldiers have been unable to eradicate the northern enemy of Mobei for thousands of years is that they cannot adapt to the extreme climate there.

And as long as it is not too bizarre year, the winter in Guanzhong is actually a relatively comfortable cold for the nomads who have endured the bitter cold for a long time in Mobei.

When the cold wind blows in late autumn, those people who are accustomed to high beds and warm quilts have long since taken refuge in the house to bake the stove, but there are several kinds of people who still have to come out to beg for a living, one is the woodcutter who goes into the mountains to cut wood and burn charcoal, the other is the herdsman who has to take care of the livestock, and the other is the soldier who has been ordered to fight!

When the environment is good, there is no difference between the battle-hardened soldiers and the soldiers on the surface, as long as they are trained, they can all grow a similar queue, but with the deterioration of the environment, only real warriors will be able to exert normal combat effectiveness, and the soldiers will even have to reduce their mobility in the harsh environment, and even move in the worst situation It is difficult to even move, at this time, in front of the real warriors who can still move, it is equivalent to being slaughtered!

In this early winter, there are several armies in the Guanlong area, all of which have shown their amazing resilience, such as the party members under Li Yiyin, who have been suffering for a long time, although the equipment and equipment are not as good as the Khitan, not as good as Shi Jin, not as good as the Tiance Tang Dynasty, and not as good as Meng Shu, but they are still able to withstand the gradually colder weather and the deteriorating battlefield environment.

In addition, part of Shi Jin's army - mainly from Hedong, has been following Shi Jingjiao, Liu Zhiyuan north and south of the soldiers, their brutality is not under the Monan herdsmen, and they have been trained and equipped by the Central Plains, so they can dominate for a while.

In addition, it is attached to the Tiance Tang Army, the Khitan Army and some ethnic minorities in Shi Jin, such as Tuyuhun, such as the Sinicized Tubo, such as the gradually Sinicized Ganzhou Hui, or the Khitan Han people, they have long been at the bottom of the ethnic pyramid in the ruling area, and they are used to suffering, and the areas where they are located are all northern, and they are also used to freezing, although their combat ability is not as good as the elite of Shi Jin, the Khitan leather room, and the Tiance Mansion soldiers, but they also have considerable combat effectiveness.

And on the battlefield, there are also a considerable number of people who can't stand the gradually cold weather.

Meng Shu has been peaceful for a long time, the Shu army has not fought a big war for many years, Bashu is warm, if it is a summer mountain battle, they will have a few more bonus combat power than the northern soldiers, and although the winter of Bashu is also an uncomfortable damp cold, but these years Shu is rich, even the people can hide in the house in the winter to avoid the cold. Meng Chang has lived in the palace for a long time since he was a child, where there is ice to cool off the heat in summer, the wind comes from the garden, and in winter, there are four stoves and four cloths, and there is no sin at all, so he himself is not sensitive to the changes of time, and he didn't think about this before the war.

On this day, I heard that the Shu army had captured the state city of Lanzhou, and I wanted to lead the troops to Qin Zheng under the joy, but as soon as I opened the curtain, the cold wind outside about zero degrees blew in, Meng Chang shivered, and dispelled the idea, and the concubine of the army hurriedly took out the osmanthus ointment, and smeared it on the place where Meng Chang was blown red by the cold wind, and the face of the king of Shu was well maintained, so tender that it was like Jia Baoyu, and ordinary women from good families could not compare.

Although the Shu army is not all the same as their monarch, but Wang Chuhui is also a civil official, most of the soldiers have lived in a warm place for a long time, and they are very unsuitable for this dry and cold weather in the northwest, fortunately, the Shu army is mainly divided into two parts, nearly 50,000 people are gathered near Fengzhou, there are city walls to block the cold wind, and the people who have captured Yincheng are hiding in Yincheng, where there is enough grain and grass, and firewood, enough for them to warm up for the winter.

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The Shi Jin soldiers from the affluent parts of the Central Plains were no better, they did not like to fight in this kind of weather, and preferred to hide in Chang'an City. Therefore, when Liu Zhiyuan led the troops to the battle, many soldiers were not strong in their willingness to fight, Guo Wei set up a driving formation in Fengxiang Dongye, scattered around with rangers, Yang Xinzhi and the two elites were ready to go at any time, the car formation was hard enough, and the cavalry had a strong impact ability, so Liu Zhiyuan did not dare to advance too much.

Not only the Shu army, the Jin army, but even Lianglan also had some soldiers who were unwilling to move - that was the person who had lived a comfortable life for a few years, Lianglan gradually became richer over the years, and their days were no different from the residents of Luoyang, Chang'an, and Yangzhou, Chengdu, and the number was not the majority, but their appearance was also one of the reasons why Zhang Mai was eager to start this war.

At this time, the temperature in western Qinxi is about around zero, some small rivers can produce thin ice skins, there are many frosts in the residual grass, Lanzhou in the west is colder than Fengzhou in the east, and Lingzhou Xiazhou in the north is colder than Chang'an in the south, but the gap is not too big. Such a temperature is enough to make modern urbanites hate long-term outdoor activities, but for people who have lived in the northwest for a long time, especially for the Mobei cavalry and Tiance veterans, it is not the same thing at all!

New Broken Leaf City, Luntai Field, the weather there is really cold! The wind seems to blow out of hell, and it can freeze the people in the wind, and the warriors who have experienced the cold will not feel anything if they come here again. The cavalry of Mobei also had a similar su zhì.

The ancient warriors of the cold weapon period, their tolerance to the harsh environment is difficult for contemporary urbanites to imagine, their skin is blown dry, black, yellow and hard, like a ravine-like wrinkles rather than wrinkles, so many people are less than thirty years old and look like people in the Central Plains and Bashu fifty years old, but such skin is very unsightly, but the sensitivity to the cold is extremely weak, and it can withstand the maximum cold.

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When Liu Zhiyuan was holding Guo Wei between Chang'an and Fengxiang, several such troops came into contact on the banks of the Maling River in the northwest of Gyeongju.

Gyeongju is located at the northernmost point of more than ten prefectures in western Qin, which Zhang Mai occupied, and the Maling River flows hundreds of miles from the northwest, passing through Gyeongju to join Jingshui, and finally into the Wei River.

Yelu Deguang prepared two plans for this trip south:

One is to attack Liangzhou as quickly as possible, Han Yanhui thinks that as long as Liangzhou is broken, Zhang Mai will be panicked if he loses his hometown, and it will be easy to break Zhang Mai at that time. But I didn't expect Liangzhou to be prepared, the Khitan light cavalry attacked the Han city mainly by intimidation, with the psychological pressure of sudden pressure to force the defenders of the city to surrender or abandon the city, in many records, the cavalry archers shot a round of arrows at the head of the city, and the defenders were scared to the fart. Unexpectedly, Liangzhou was prepared, and Zhang Mai even did not hesitate to burn the entire Guzang grassland to clear the wilderness, such a momentum made Yelu Shuogu know that it was unlikely to break through Liangzhou with the regular army, and immediately adjusted his strategy.

The second belly case of the Khitan was to surround Xiazhou with part of the troops and cut off the connection between Qinxi and Liangzhou with part of the troops when Liangzhou could not be quickly broken, and then concentrate the elite to go south and join Shi Jin to attack Zhang Mai!

At this time, the Khitan divided part of its forces to sit in Lingzhou and straighten out the entire rear affairs, and it was Yelu Deguang himself who entered the front line! Yelu Deguang is the second generation of the founding emperor of the Khitan country, and has not lost the tradition of the Khitan people leading the army as kings, Shi Jingjiao can still be in charge of the Chinese army after Liu Zhiyuan, Meng Chang arranged himself in the safest place, only Yelu Deguang and Zhang Mai dared to put themselves in danger, this is the difference between the three types of emperors.

More than 150,000 troops before and after the Khitan poured down from the north, and the 10,000 horsemen in front of them had already poured into the Maling River valley like thunder!

At about the same time, an order from Jang Mai came from Gyeongju City.

This order was publicly issued in front of the soldiers of the Modao Battle Axe Formation: "I don't want to see a Khitan man and a horse at the head of Qinzhou City before the full moon in November!" ”

There are only more than 20,000 people under Xi Sheng, including more than 5,000 people in the Modao and Tomahawk formation, and according to intelligence, there are at least 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Khitan who have gone south, and as an elite leather room army, no matter how heroic Xi Sheng is, he will not think that he can win more with less from such a shape, if it is defended by the city, it is good to say, but Qinzhou is in the southwest of Gyeongju, if Yelu Deguang divides part of his forces to contain Xi Sheng, and then drives south with an army of 100,000, Xi Sheng's heavy infantry system will not be able to catch up no matter what.

Therefore, in order to complete Zhang Mai's task, it is necessary to fight in the field, and in this kind of field war in comparison of forces, once the battle situation is unfavorable, it is not impossible for Xi Sheng's men and horses to be completely annihilated by the Khitan!

Why did Zhang Mai give such an order? In the whole army, only Xi Sheng knows! Just when he was silent, the soldiers of the Modao Battle Axe Formation had already shouted in unison: "Command!" ”

Zhang Mai's envoy waited for Xi Sheng's response, Xi Sheng at this time was no longer Xi Sheng when he was in the new Broken Leaf City, he had experienced dozens of battles in the past few years, and he naturally had a calm bearing, after the soldiers shouted for orders, Xi Sheng just said lightly: "Modao Battle Axe Formation, it will definitely live up to the trust of the country!" ”

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The actual military operation was already going on before the order was delivered, and Xi Sheng also had a small number of light cavalry, and after hearing that the Khitan had approached the Maling River, more than 24,000 troops rode out of the city on horseback and in a car!

In recent years, Ding Hanshan's camp has used all kinds of means to search the terrain of the world, even the terrain of Mobei and Monan, in addition to asking for information from the captives who surrendered, they also spent a lot of money to buy herdsmen to help collect, as for the terrain between Guanlong, it is even more detailed - this is the door of Lianglan's house!

After receiving the order, Xi Sheng ordered all the men and horses, and the troops under his command included 5,700 Mo sword and battle axe formations, as well as 6,300 spearmen and shield soldiers, 8,000 crossbow soldiers, 2,000 cavalry, and 2,000 variegated troops. There are no troops with heavy equipment, so the mobility is not weak. The infantry of the Tang Army was equipped with horses or carriages.

Xi Sheng followed the map and pointed his finger at a high ground in the middle reaches of the Maling River that guarded the Quartet Road.

"Here it is." Xi Sheng said to Liu Heihu: "Perhaps, we will meet the emperor of Khitan here." ”

Liu Heihu sneered: "Only those who mix in one Yu can be called emperors!" He's a bullshit emperor! ”

Xi Sheng said: "This battle is not trivial. Don't be underestimated. The Khitan is here, there are many soldiers and horses, and the mighty crowd of 200,000 is enough to sweep the Central Plains, so we should be cautious. ”

Liu Heihu said: "On that day, Xiliang stationed more than 50,000 troops and horses in the ten states of Qinxi, and more than 50,000 troops surrendered before and after Qinxi. Because the marshal knows that soldiers are not much more expensive. In this battle, Yerod used many soldiers, while the marshal used elite soldiers. Among the Khitan soldiers and horses going south, only the leather room army is our opponent, and the others are just coercive people, what a way! ”

Xi Sheng said: "If it is really insignificant, at this moment, the marshal has already raised troops to the north, and the decisive battle with Yelu Deguang Lingxia is between, and the marshal has not moved so far, that is, he has not been sure to break the enemy, so he will sit still like a mountain." I have been in the sword and battle axe formation for a long time, and I am famous all over the world, if the Khitan dares to make a mistake, most of them will have countermeasures. No class can be invincible forever. ”

Liu Heihu snorted and said, "Old Xi, what's wrong with you!" The great enemy is now, but he is saying such frustrating words. Fortunately, now there are only two of us, and if a third person is called to listen to it, won't it ruin morale? ”

Xi Sheng smiled faintly and said, "I'm not afraid, I just want to tell you that you and I have the consciousness of not giving up even if you die in this battle." It's just that I heard that you only added Ding two months ago and gave birth to a little black tiger, I am afraid that you will be in danger, miss your family, and be short of breath. ”

Liu Heihu snorted and said, "The body is already a country!" What else to talk about! Besides, my Hun family has already given birth to seven sons for me, and the eighth little tiger is just another Modao soldier for our army in 20 years, so what is there to worry about. It's you, your wife is also about to give birth, and I heard that it is your first biological son. Heroes are short of breath, don't be you. ”

"I'm different from you." Xi Sheng looked at the west and said, "I really miss my family all the time. But I also know that once the Khitan breaks through my line of defense, more than ten states in Qinxi will definitely shake, in case there is anything wrong in Qinxi, Lianglan will not be alone, if Lianglan is lost, then we will have no home...... Black Tiger, I dreamed of Uncle Shi Yong last night, he must have come to fight for me. My generation followed the marshal, swept thousands of miles, and now it has reached the final critical battle, if we achieve the results of the battle of smashing the dragon and slaughtering the tiger with one body, it is also our glory as soldiers, at that time, my wife and children, I bother you to take care of it. ”

Liu Heihu said angrily: "If you want to leave a last word, go and write a suicide note!" If the battle is so fierce, I will die before you! ”

Xi Sheng laughed and said, "That's right, that's right, I'm talking to you about this, that's a non-person!" ”

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The wind and clouds rose, and the dust in the northwest of Qin was flying.

The Khitan Pi room army is divided into three roads, the left, the middle and the right, Yelu Deguang is in the middle, outside the three-way army, the Donghu Tieli Department is the left vanguard, the Mobei Dadan Department is the right vanguard, the Mo Nan Xi people are the second left vanguard, the Mobei enemy Lie is the second right vanguard, the East China Sea Muwei is the outer left wing, and the Mo Nan Tuyuhun is the outer right wing, and the 150,000 troops swept straight down, and the sound of iron hooves was earth-shattering, and everywhere they went, they were invincible.

When the good news of Liangzhou came, the defenders of Qingzhou and Yizhou asked Yingzhou to go north to defend, and arranged them on the four passes of Yanzhou, Luguan, Qinggangxia and Fangqu Town. ”

The left wing of the Khitan outside the Wei Department swept through the Lu Pass, and the guards on the pass were a little bold, but the soldiers saw the hideous faces of the Hu people who rushed over, and fled with a bang.

Luguan is located in the south of Xiaju, and once Luguan is lost, the connection between Gyeongju and Xiazhou will be severed.

The Khitan march was so fast, the left and right two vanguards arrived at Qinggang Gorge one day later, here is located in the south of Yanzhou, the north of Gyeongju, the terrain is quite dangerous, it is already dusk after the arrival of the Tieli Department, pretending to retreat slightly, but then launched an attack overnight, attacked the Qinggang Gorge, the right vanguard Dadan Department was going to detour from the south to attack the Qinggang Gorge, but the road has already encountered the defeated soldiers of the Qinggang Gorge, and now regardless of the Qinggang Gorge, go straight to the Fangqu Town in the middle reaches of the Maling River.

This Dadan Department is the predecessor of the later Tatar Department, although it is still under the rule of the Khitan at this time, but the clan has far-reaching origins, there are many heroes and heroes in the clan, when the soldiers and horses are sharp, the Fangqu town guard received the news that Yanzhou was lost the day before, I didn't expect to see the Khitan soldiers forcing the city today, called Mom, and the subordinates said: "General, Hu Ma is so fierce, now it is the Khitan and Tiance two emperors fighting for the world, what is the matter with us!" Let's surrender! ”

The defender hesitated again and again, seeing that the Dadan Department was already preparing to attack Fangqu Town, and hurriedly shouted: "Surrender, surrender, surrender!" ”

In the south of Ling, Xia, and before Gyeongju, Yanzhou and Luguan were the first line, Qinggang Gorge was the second line, and Fangqu Town was the third line.

Xi Sheng often heard the news in Gyeongju, but before he could react, he heard the collapse of the second line of defense. Liu Heihu couldn't help but get furious, and scolded the guards of the four passes for being waste: "It's good to keep it for a few days!" It's all rubbish! Collapse faster than paper! None of these new troops can be used! ”

When the news reached the rear, the soldiers and civilians of Wei, Wu, Yuan, and Long Prefectures were also in a panic, and Yang Xin discussed with Zhi Congshi: "The four passes are like this, and the rest of the newly attached army horses can be imagined, such soldiers and horses, no matter how many 100,000 more are useless!" It seems that we still have to rely on the soldiers and horses we brought ourselves! ”

"And Xi Sheng." Zhi Congshi said: "The prestige of the Modao Battle Axe Formation is not blown. ”

Yang Xin said: "Although it is said that the soldiers are not expensive, but the Khitan are all strong troops, relying on Xi Sheng to fight an army of 150,000 alone, that is impossible!" I think it's almost the same to pull our car city together. ”

Fold Congshi said: "Where can we get separated?" Is Liu Zhiyuan easy to mess with? We've attacked seven or eight times these days, and we haven't taken advantage of him! It seems that we can only see what the marshal has to do. ”

The Khitan 150,000 army stretched for more than 200 miles, as if entering a no-man's land, Yelude Guangce's army then rushed to Yanzhou, heard about this kind of shape, and sneered in the saddle with a disappointed tone: "Can't you have something to look at?" If you want to continue like this, you don't have to wait for the day of the meeting, you can reach Qinzhou within five days. ”

Han Yanhui said: "These are just hors d'oeuvres, and the real feast is still to come." ”

Yelu Deguang sneered: "I hope so, Zhang Xichong has already disappointed me once, I hope Zhang Mai will not let me down this time." ”

Just as he sneered, a report came from the front: "The defenders of Gyeongju have left the city, and it is the Modao Battle Axe Formation of the Tiance Army!" ”

Yelu Deguang sneered: "Knowing that my army is coming, they dare to go out of the city, there is a kind!" Let the sons and daughters clean him up, and the head of the Lord will be presented, and I will allow him to be my pot. ”

After another half a day, a report came from the front, saying that the Tang Army's Mo knife and tomahawk array was stationed on the Huanma Heights on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Bingmaling River, guarding the southbound road, and the forward asked for advice, Yelu Deguang said angrily: "Do you still need to ask about this?" Is the first day of Dadan learning to fight? It doesn't matter if he's a knife or a tomahawk, let me step on it! ”

The Dadan Department led the order to attack, and Yelu Deguang was about to sleep that night, when suddenly the news of the defeat of the striker came: "Report, the Dadan Department has been defeated." ”

Yerod was stunned and shouted, "How did you lose? ”

"The Dadan Department could not attack the Mo knife array of the Tang Army, seeing that the right side of the Mo knife and battle axe array showed a flaw, so it took a detour with light cavalry, the knife formation suddenly changed, and the flaw became a cloth bag mouth, and the battle axes on both sides rolled out, and the legs of the war horses and horses were all broken, followed by the short spear, and hundreds of people fell off the horse to death, the Dadan clan chief retreated in a hurry, the bow and crossbow in the formation suddenly fired, and the eldest son of the patriarch could not retreat, and died under the heart of ten thousand arrows. The blood of the Dadan Department stained the Maling River, and now the Dadan Department has retreated to the northwest of the Huanma Heights fifty miles. ”

Jerod scolded lightly: "Useless thing! The Tang Army's Mo Sword and Tomahawk Formation is good at fighting horses, and the Dadan Department didn't know it on the first day, so they were all sent to death! They knew how to avoid the real and attack the false when they were in Qinggang Gorge, and after encountering the Mo Dao Formation, Zhang Mai became stupid! ”

On the second day, I got out of bed, and before I washed it, the striker had another battle report: "The Tieli Department was attacked and defeated!" ”

Yerod shouted: "What attack? ”

The envoy said: "Yesterday, the Tieli Department saw the defeat of the Dadan Division, and after nightfall, they bypassed from the Huanma Heights and wanted to attack Gyeongju and Wonju, but they didn't expect to be ambushed on the road!" ”

Jerod Guang asked, "Which ambush is it?" Is it someone from the Zhang Mai faction? ”

"No, it's the cavalry of the two provinces and the infantry of the first province under Xi Sheng. The infantry suddenly came out of the bushes, disrupted the Tieli Division's position, followed the cavalry to charge, drove the Tieli Division back to the north of Fangqu Town, and then immediately retreated into the Huanma Heights. The patriarch was so frightened that he was killed by the Tang army, and he had already sent someone to ask for help. ”

Jerod said angrily: "Damn! Tie Li has been the king and hegemon in Heishui for so long, and he can't even see through this ambush, which is bad for my morale! Damn it! Hmph, is it possible that a small knife and axe formation has to dispatch the elite of my leather room to deal with it? ”

Han Yanhui said on the side: "Your Majesty, as far as the old minister knows, the horse highland is not a desperate place, this Xi Sheng is in a formation here, he can be fearless in the face of cavalry, and dare to change the formation to kill the enemy under the threat of iron hooves, and he can predict the route of Tieli to ambush, he is already a general." ”

Yelu Deguang said: "It's just a general, I really have to wait for me to personally go and get that Xi Sheng's head!" It's a pity that there are still enemy martyrs and Xi tribes in front, which are all my Mobei and Monan strong forces, and in addition, my army on the left is also ahead, I'm afraid I can't see how rampant this Xi Sheng is. ”

At noon, the army marched to Qinggang Gorge, and the front came to report: "The second left vanguard and the second right vanguard have arrived near the Huanma Heights at the same time this morning, and the Shen Column has regrouped and joined the Dadan Department, and the Mo Nan Xi Clan, the Mo North Enemy Lie, as well as Da Dan and Tie Li, have surrounded the Huanma Heights!" ”

Yelu Deguang smiled at Han Yanhui and said, "If I can get the head of Xi Sheng before dinner, I will forgive the invincible sin of the Lie!" ”

After having lunch in Qinggang Gorge, he was about to set off, and there was a report from the front, and at the same time there was a broken Mo knife, Yelu Deguang replied slightly: "Won the battle?" ”

When the envoy heard this, he didn't dare to answer, and he didn't dare not answer, Han Yanhui shouted: "What to do!" Majesty Xià asked! ”

The envoy said for a long time: "Xi Sheng personally led his troops to break through!" Only 500 people went out of the battle, the four tribes saw that he had few soldiers, and besieged in all directions, the two hundred Mo knives and three hundred battle axes were out of the formation for 100 steps, and the fierce battle lasted for half an hour, and the thirty Mo knives and fifty battle axes were broken, and the four cavalry could not enter the small circle of 500 people, and Liu Heihu, the deputy general of the Tang Army, suddenly led the main force to kill, and the four were defeated by the enemy on their backs, and they were defeated for a while. ”

Yelu Deguang's face turned pale, and he asked angrily: "How many people have broken in the four parts?" ”

"II...... 2,000 seriously wounded...... Nine Hundred ...... Dead Flesh wound...... That Xi Sheng took advantage of the chaos to kill the Maling River, and even the Tuyuhun that had just arrived was also washed away, and it is not yet known how many casualties there were. ”

After he finished reporting, Yerod Guang could no longer hide his anger and shouted: "Enough! A bunch of rice buckets! Lose my Khitan face! What is the situation in the Rim Heights now? ”

"General Yeruya has gone up to clean up the mess."

Yelu Deguang was a little relieved, and said, "There is an enemy to go, I can rest assured a little." ”

Arriving at Fangqu Town in the evening, when he was about to hurry to the battlefield, Han Yanhui said on the side: "Your Majesty, Zhang Mai is good at sneak attacks, the front march is not smooth, and the march should be slow rather than fast." ”

Yerod Guang realized this, and immediately adopted a steady strategy to march.

The second day of departure was not long, but saw that the road was full of driven people, deserters, originally from the south of Lingzhou Xiazhou, the settlement of the people has gradually increased, the Khitan drove the Han people like driving livestock, plus the defeated army, tens of thousands of animals from the north rumbling to come, followed by the Khitan army threatened with swords.

As soon as Yelu Deguang inquired, he learned that after Yelu arrived at the front line, he sent soldiers and horses of the four clans to besiege Xi Sheng, and then drove the people within a radius of dozens of miles nearby and the deserters who ran from the north to be cannon fodder, forcing them to come forward to make the meat under the knife of the Mo knife and battle axe.

This move is extremely vicious, Xi Sheng is out of the city field battle, narrow maneuver, naturally impossible to open a lineup to accept them, Khitan with living people as the vanguard, if the Tang army shoots arrows, the loss of arrows, even if you use a knife and axe to cut, one is easy to use the knife and axe for a long time, the second is to kill the people, kill deserters, even if you know that you are forced, you are easy to feel tired and guilty after killing for a long time, and morale is therefore low.

This kind of tactic, even if Zhang Mai understands it, he can't bear to use it, but Yelu Deguang just smiled, and Han Yanhui said: "General Yelu is very good, and he knows how to adapt to the times. Yelu Deguang said coldly: "If he can't defeat the enemy head-on, it will be a great shame in his heart!" The enemy is confused this time! ”

After marching for half a day, arrived at the north bank of the Maling River in the afternoon of the same day, Yelu Wuzhi heard that Yelu Deguang arrived and hurried to greet him, and led Yelu Deguang to a high ground on the north bank of the Maling River, Yelu Deguang went up to the high ground and looked south, this Maling River is the direction of the northwest to the southeast, not a big river, but it belongs to the Liupan Mountain mountainous area, not as set of hundreds of miles of Pingchuan, Xi Sheng chose the Huanma Heights is actually just a protruding mound, located in the southwest of the Maling River, Wangmaling River still has a few miles of land, itself has no danger to defend, The terrain is not enough to build a city, but from Lingzhou, Xiazhou to Yuan, Wei, Yi, Qin Zhuzhou have to pass through here, although there is no other road, but they are all too roundabout, Khitan has more than 100,000 troops, if swept down, must pass Guò here.

But Xi Sheng chose to meet the enemy in this place where there was no danger to defend, and it was so that the Khitan couldn't take a step beyond the thunder pool! Now the temperature in this area is only around freezing, and the river has not yet frozen, but there is some mud and sand with grass clippings and frost coating the surface of the river, and if you look closely, it is all corpses.

The Khitan army that has arrived has exceeded 80,000, and it will surround the three turns of the Huanma Heights, but a Tang song on the high ground spreads far away, and Yelude does not understand the meaning of the Tang Song, so he only feels a murderous spirit rising to the sky.

He is the emperor on horseback, he has been fighting for many years, and he is well versed in the art of war, at this time, he looked at it from a distance, but he saw that there were about 20,000 military horses in the south of Maling, arranged around the highlands around the horses, where to erect flags, where to stand barriers, where to put up formations, where to go down, it seems to be sparse and sparse and there is no law, but in fact, it can be attacked and retreated, and it can be defended.

Yelu Deguang looked at it and said secretly: "This Xi Sheng is not simple! Zhang Mai has such a big general under him, no wonder he has been able to crisscross the Western Regions all these years! These soldiers and horses are not simple, if they are really tough, even if I can win in my heart, the loss will not be small, and the enemy's strategy is not wrong. ”

At this time, the war was still going on, and in the past, Yelude was everywhere, no matter the Hu and Han warlords, they were all shocked, and even surrendered to the wind, but at this time, the Mo sword and battle axe array on the other side stood still, and a murderous aura even surged because of the arrival of the enemy chieftain! Yerod compared it with the leather room army, and did not dare to have any more contempt in his heart.

He looked over, and there were corpses everywhere in his vision, and he couldn't tell whether it was Hu or Han. But there are always more Hu and less Han, because Xi Sheng has killed the Maling River three times in the past two days, so there are also corpses of the Hu people in the river and north of the river.

The generals of all the clans rushed to meet them, Yelu Deguang's eyes swept coldly over their faces, and he said in a voice that made people feel chills down his spine: "Just one Xi Sheng, he made you so wolf, what if Yang Yi came?" What if Zhang Mai comes? Are you going to spend it here until December, or until the beginning of spring? ”

The patriarchs of the clans and the generals of the armies soaked into their underwear, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, rest assured, they are out of the city to fight, there is no city wall, and there are no supplies, that is, they are carrying dry food, how many days can they last?" In three to five days at most, we will definitely be able to take them down. ”

"Three or five days?" Yerod said: "You still plan to let me wait for you here for three or five days?" ”

"That majesty xià means ......"

"If that Xi Sheng doesn't surrender, then before sunrise tomorrow, I will see his head!" RO！ ~！

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