Chapter Thirty-Eight: Before the Battle

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The sound of the horn sounded one after another, and it sounded continuously in the depths of the Liao army camp.

At this time, the sky was completely bright, and the fog had long since dissipated. You can clearly see that a few miles away on the Liao camp watchtower, all kinds of flags are constantly flying and ordering.

Hundreds of cavalrymen who had been rotating to patrol the sentry on the battlefield had already spread out their sparse formations in front of the Song and Liao armies. More sentry cavalry continued to pour in from everywhere, keeping the Song army on guard.

The Liao cavalry, whistled back and forth, and the most recent one even pressed to the edge of the range of the Song army's bow and crossbow feather arrows, brushing all kinds of equestrian tricks on the horse, with only one intention, to maintain pressure on the Song army's camp. Before your own army leaves the camp, don't be harassed and assaulted by the Song army!

The Song military camps that were connected together were also beating gongs and drums, and flags were flying, passing all kinds of orders like crazy. Last night, the vigilance was finally relaxed, and many people went back to rest in rotation. Now one by one, under the leadership of the officer, they rushed out of the camp tent and flew up the wall. The camp gates were temporarily opened, and the miscellaneous soldiers of the brigade poured out, reinforcing and thickening the deer barricades inside Changhao and outside the wall, and the roads that had been vacated for easy passage were immediately blocked.

In the open space between the camps, I saw groups of Song sergeants rushing out and setting up in the middle. In front is the deer, then the spear and sword, and then the crossbowmen in the back. The wall is crowded with people, the crossbowmen of the Song army, can account for sixty percent of the soldiers, in addition to relying on the two villages to prepare for a field battle, on the wall, it is also full of strong bows and crossbows!

The camp was in a hurry. Set up a cauldron to boil water and oil, and send more arrows and stones. The straw bags that were ready to plug the gap were ready again. The few cavalry of the Song army also came out from behind the walled gate and assembled, silently lined up, ready to counterattack at any time.

The top of the front line in Xiongzhou are the elite of the Western Army, although the Liao people moved suddenly, but the combat preparations are still in order, and there is no panic!

Xiao Yan's camp, because there was no watchtower, Yang Keshi had no choice but to go up to the watchtower. As if in order to make a good impression on Xiao Yan and prove their ability, the two generals also invited Xiao Yan to watch the battle. This idea is also easy to understand, if Xiao Yan can really master the winning army and go south, they will inevitably have to cooperate with Xiao Yan. A little more friendship between the two sides is a little. After all, among the entire Northern Expedition now, the most willing to persist in the Northern Expedition are not these people who have been separated from the Western Army?

Only if the Northern Expedition wins, they will have a good result!

When Xiao Yan came, Yue Fei naturally followed, and Yang Keshi Wang Yu and his personal pro-army general Zuo crowded this small watchtower. Niu Gao and they could only jump at the bottom, Guo Rong's status was precious, and she couldn't let anyone who knew her eldest lady among the Liao people see her, so she stayed in the camp. Guo Rong couldn't stay idle, pulling the little mute in the camp just to watch the Song army's formation - she also wanted to understand how much combat power the Song army had. Seeing two women standing in the camp, in such a tense situation, the soldiers of the Song army were all sideways.

On the watchtower, Wang Yu and Yang Keshi had a tacit understanding. These front-line camps of the Song army are mostly his troops. He just stared at the flags in front of him, and just gave a loud order to raise his banner in the current camp. A group of people were waiting, ready to listen to his orders. However, it seems that the various camps of the Song army are still satisfactory to him, and Yang Keshi has few orders, and there is a slight smug look on his face.

The Song military camp was in the village, and everywhere began to respond to Yang Keshi's banner here. Yang Keshi just rubbed his hands: "It's not bad!" We can be regarded as standing, the village is strong and deep, how can it be touched lightly? Dashi Linya is also a famous general, why did he suddenly move today? ”

Wang Yu just stared intently at the direction of the Liao army camp, where the camp gate was also opened, and a group of Liao soldiers began to pour out. Under the guidance of cavalry, they entered the wilderness between the Song Liao camps. I only saw the green flags flying and rolling, and the jungle of swords and guns pouring out from the camp gates everywhere seemed to have no time to break!

Wang Yu snorted: "It's not like a camp!" There are no attacking tools, no equipment, and there is not a single firewood and grass to fill in. The straight lady thief is just sending troops outside! Yelu Dashi is preparing the colonel's whole army or what? ”

The situation in front of him, Xiao Yan basically can't understand it, it's just that the historical war case is pretended, and the first time he turned sideways, he was still stunned!

The Song military camp was already crowded here, and only layers of bows and crossbows and arrows could be seen. Feathered arrows were piled up under the wall like a mountain, and countless miscellaneous servants were busy in front of the camp like ants, piling up earth and stones, and the sound of trumpets came one after another. Inside the camp, boiling water and the smoke of hot oil filled the air. The Song troops who were preparing to fight in the field were neatly lined up, silent, and only saw rows of blades flashing in the summer sun. Being in the middle of it makes people feel breathless! It seems that between heaven and earth, they are full of soldiers and swords and guns, and within the line of sight, there are all kinds of banners rolled up!

And the Liao army in front of him is even more imposing. Chang Hao, in front of the Song military camp, limited his mobility to death. The Liao cavalry was just distributed everywhere in an evacuation formation, and the whistle sounded one after another. The first row of soldiers in iron helmets and heavy armor poured out of the camp, surging forward like steel walls. Behind them were light infantry in leather armor and floppy hats, and archers wearing only straight bands and carrying bows and arrows. I don't know how far I got out.

After the camps came out, they first formed small formations, and then gathered into large formations. Stepping forward, I saw rows of endless waves of people rolling forward! The aura of slaughter is just rushing in the face!

On either side of the phalanx of infantry, it was the cavalry of the brigade that was converging. The number of cavalry of the Liao army is far greater than that of the Great Song Dynasty. Watch them gradually converge into a huge cavalry formation that makes people feel inspired. The neighing of war horses seemed to overshadow the sound of the horn, enveloping the entire battlefield! Countless war horses raised their hooves, neighing, and jumping, so that people could only feel at a glance how much explosive power was hidden in this huge riding array!

Although they knew that the Liao people did not have offensive equipment, human lives could not fill the camp with a complete defense system of the Song army. But above the tower, everyone was pale.

Although the Great Liao Empire is already the afterglow of the end. But under the command of their last famous general, they are still as powerful as Xu!

This is the army of this era?

Xiao Yan looked around, just dizzy. If the remnants of the Liao army are already like this, what about the Jurchen heavy cavalry that is now rising in Haidong and has the potential to sweep the world? Can you change the Yanyun war that has been in peace for four years?

The Liao array was still tumbling forward, with golden trumpets and a terrible sound. In the depths of the Liao Array, a huge cheer suddenly erupted, and I saw that the huge cavalry array on the left suddenly separated, holding out countless rolled flags. On the flag, the ornament is ancient, and the image of the white tiger is on the flag. Hula is just hunting in the morning breeze. The knights holding the flag were all large men in heavy armor, and their helmets were decorated with animal skin feathers, but behind them, there were more knights holding honor guard blades. Among them was a middle-aged man wearing a black cloak, with a golden helmet and black armor, in the depths of the military formation, every look forward to it aroused a cry: "Lin Ya! Lynn Ya! ”

This man is not Jerodashi, but who is it?

The majesty of the man can be achieved here. Xiao Yan stood on top of the watchtower, his hands clutching the wooden fence tightly, his fingers already white. The person in front of him, not only defeated the 150,000 Song army in Baigou, but also fled to Yelu Yanxi on a single horse after being defeated by the Jurchens.

Since he has come to this time, shouldn't the man be so evil?

The phalanx of the infantry had stopped outside the range of the Song army's Changhao Yu's arrows, and the Song army's miscellaneous servants who had piled up earth and stones had retracted back into the camp, and every camp gate was tightly locked. There was a winding sound from the crossbow machine pushed up the slope to the wall. The officer of the Song army commanding the crossbowmen grabbed a triangular tooth flag, just nervously crouched at the battlement of the wall, looking at the banner of the camp watchtower, as long as the flag changed and the triangular tooth flag fell, it would be ten thousand crossbows!

However, the Liao army's phalanx had stopped beyond the range of the Song army's bow and crossbow. After fighting with the Song army for so long, the Liao army knew the benefits of the Song people's bows and crossbows. The sentry cavalry had already taken their positions, and the infantry of the brigade rolled up the smoke and dust and stopped. In the military formation, only a louder cheer was heard!

Although the Liao army is no longer pressing, the endless brigade in front of them still makes everyone in the Song army camp who faces them breathe!

No one knows what Yelu Dashi is going to do when he suddenly puts on such a big battle!

The cavalry that surrounded Yelu Dashi rolled out in front of the Liao people's array, and when they arrived at the front, these hundreds of horses were just running back and forth from east to west. Jerod sat on his horse, just so that everyone could see his banner. In the Liao army's array, the cheers became louder and louder, and the smoke and dust they stirred up rolled straight into the sky. In the middle of heaven and earth, it seems that I heard the word Lin Ya!

Yelu Dashi slammed his mount and turned to face south, and the surrounding knights also reined in their horses. I heard the sound of the runaway war horse neighing and jumping, and gradually calmed down. The sound of trumpets in the military formation turned into a long sound, and the cheers in the military formation gradually fell into silence.

At the end, only the sound of the morning breeze could be heard passing over the horns of the flag. Inside and outside the Changhao of the Song Army, tens of thousands of soldiers were far away, countless bows and arrows were all full, and the arrows flashed with layers of cold light.

Yelu Dashi looked at the Song army's camp as if it was facing a great enemy, smiled faintly, and shouted: "Who was the person who broke into the camp last night?" When guests come and go, how can they not pay homage to their hosts? Today, a certain person came to meet the guest, but ask for respect, don't be stingy! ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, the knights around him began to repeat his words loudly, and they spread out in circles, until later, hundreds of people shouted in unison: "Don't be stingy on one side, don't be stingy on one side............"

Above the watchtower, Wang Yu and Yang Keshi glanced at Xiao Yan, and Yang Keshi said in a low voice: "Yelu Dashi, a straight lady thief, refuses to be lightly frustrated with this bit of sharpness!" Take the whole army to get back this face............ Ignore him! ”

Wang Yu's face was cold, and he hugged his arms and sneered: "Let's see if he has the courage to jump into the camp!" If he is dizzy, we can make a big fortune with our bows and crossbows............ Why don't you go to the camp and rest and see how long he is going to make a fuss! ”

Xiao Yan shook his head slowly: "Da Shi Linya, the army is about to be withdrawn............"

Wang Yu and Yang Keshi all looked awe-inspired. They're all veterans, and you can figure it out at once. Yelu Dashi was frustrated yesterday, if he wants to defend it, it is not a big deal, and he can always find a place to go. Now he is eager to bring a large army to show off his might, which is the truth shown in the military book, so oppressive that the Song army does not dare to have any fancy, and chases after him when he retreats.

Last night, Xiao Yan broke through the camp with dozens of people, if the Song army had any idea that his Liao army was nothing more than that, he would have to hurry back to this field today! The action is so urgent, but it is not a camp, it can only show that this Yelu Dashi really has plans to withdraw the army!

Thinking of this, Wang Yu and Yang Keshi couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yan with admiration, this so-called Xiao Xuanzan with a strange origin was moving quickly!

In fact, Xiao Yan was just stained with the light of the traveler, knowing that Yelu Dashi retreated at this time in history.

What can you do knowing that he is retreating at this time?

Step by step, I was groping and bumping forward. Can he say that he can move Tong Guan, say that the Northern Expeditionary Army, which is now divided internally, and go north two months in advance, he is not sure at all!

Just by looking at the current situation, you can know that the strength of the two armies of Song and Liao is not too much, if the morale is equal, how can they not just let the opponent's army press before Zhaihao, just make up an idea to defend it. The opponent is out of the camp, and this side also goes out of the camp to fight a field battle, and if you win, you will force it, and if you lose, you will retreat, this is the right reason!

The Song army is already bold, just barely maintaining the front, and it is really difficult for him to turn the war in history around!

Thinking of this, he was a little discouraged, shook his head, and didn't have the heart to deal with Yelu Dashi.

Yelu Dashi waited for a while, seeing that the Song military camp was silent, and only sneered slightly. He waved his hand, and in the middle of the military formation, a path had been divided, and several knights galloped out, in groups of two, poking the corpses of the knights of the victorious army last night with spears, holding them high in the air, each corpse was a blur of flesh and blood!

Yelu Dashi sneered loudly: "These are all loyal and righteous people who dare to fight, how can they let them abandon their corpses in a foreign land?" Since they are bent on the south, they will return to the south! Last night, please smile! ”

The knight beside him responded violently, and relayed Yelu Dashi's words loudly, and passed them directly to Xiao Yan's ears on the watchtower!

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Guo Rong was in the camp, although she couldn't see this scene, but she could hear these words clearly. She screamed violently, pulled out the saber on her waist and was about to go to the wall, the little mute was on her side, desperately pulling her, Guo Rong was so strong that the little mute stumbled and was just dragged away by her!

Niu Gao, who was under the watchtower, immediately ran over to stop Guo Rong, Guo Rong couldn't pass, but shouted at Xiao Yan on the watchtower: "The surname Xiao, don't forget your words!" ”

Yang Keshi raised his hand with a cold face on the watchtower, let the banner not move, and let the dozens of Liao knights rush to Changhao and throw those victorious soldiers into the Hao.

Yelu Dashi also had a cold face on the other side, and said loudly: "If you are not ruthless, you have no general's bearing, such a warrior should be buried thickly!" However, the century-old alliance between the Song and Liao countries was good, and at this time when the survival was cut off, you and the Great Song Dynasty took advantage of the danger of others to force our country. There is no more bearing to talk about! It's just to let you know that whoever offends me is this kind of fate! If it is not enough, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ru Song Army in Baigou River! ”

Xiao Yan looked at Guo Rong's extremely painful expression below, and then looked at the face of Wang Yu Yang Keshi Tieqing beside him, and suddenly opened his mouth and shouted: "Da Shi Linya, thank you for your kindness!" I rushed to the camp last night and didn't have time to visit, which is a real pity! Da Liao is already surviving, and it is not humanly continued! The sixteen states of Yanyun, the land of my Han family, you can't keep it, and my Great Song Dynasty is returned to its original owner, what's wrong? Dashi Linya is going here, and I hope to be good at taking this body, in Yanjing City, we will meet again! ”

Yang Keshi also said loudly: "Spread the word!" ”

The generals beside him raised their throats and repeated Xiao Yan's words loudly, spreading them layer by layer, and in the end, everyone in the camp opened their mouths and shouted.

"In Yanjing City, we'll see you again!"

Yelu Dashi raised his head, and Xiao Yan's gaze on the watchtower was far away, he was also slightly surprised, last night's rush to the camp turned out to be such a weak little white face!

He looked up to the sky and smiled: "Honorable guest is well! But I don't know what the honorable guest will do in my Daliao? Before Xiongzhou, if you want to come, you will come, and if you want to go, you will go. Just see if you dare to follow! Even if there is any jumping beam in Yandi, it will naturally be cleaned up and treated to guests...... I'm afraid that when your Song army goes north again, a certain family will be far away from each other in this Xiongzhou land............ I hope to tell the Hejian Mansion Tong Xuanshuai, please wait for a certain Yelu Dashi in the river! Now that the war has begun, the scenery of Bianliang is very good, and a certain family also wants to see and understand, the five capitals of Daliao, and one more Bianjing, it doesn't matter! ”

Xiao Yan's heart sank, Yelu Dashi's words meant that he already knew that Guo Yaoshi was unstable? He withdrew his troops this time just to clean up Pharmacist Guo? At least in the matter of Pharmacist Guo, the four years of war in Xuanhe have changed him beyond recognition, and if Yelu Dashi wants to deal with Pharmacist Guo, I really don't know what variables will be born!

At this time, he only had a hard mouth to the end, how could he not let Yelu Dashi so easily frustrate the sharpness here!

"But I don't know the land of Wujing, how many capitals are left in Daliao now? The king of Xiangyin ran in the clouds, and the emperor of Tianci was trapped in Xijin Mansion, sick on the couch, and he didn't know how many days he could suffer? Empress Xiao was in power, Li Lang was the guest of the scene, and Xiao Gan, the king of the four armies, sat and watched the majestic and heroic spirit of the big stone and the crown of Da Liao, but he was in the side of the military power. I don't know how many people regard Da Shi Linya as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh! I am a saint of the Song Dynasty's official family, the soldiers are single-minded, the land is golden, and the white ditch is a small setback, which is not worth mentioning............ I'm very worried about Da Shi Linya! ”

The soldiers below spread the word one after another, and when they said that Li Lang was the guest of Empress Xiao, they immediately burst into laughter, and the whistle was endless. There is no soldier who doesn't like meat jokes, throughout the ages, they are all average. Yang Keshi grinned and patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder, even the cold-hearted and cold-faced Wang Yu was Wan'er.

Xiao Yan clasped his fists far away on the watchtower: "The student also passed on a word to Tong Xuanshuai for Dashi Linya............" As soon as he stretched out his hand, he took a feather arrow from the sack of Yang Keshi beside him and broke it hard.

"I, the Great Song Xiongshi, can't be able to hunt in Yanjing City, Xuan Shuai surrendered, and if he is not as good as Xiao, he is like this!"

In the Song military camp, at this time, everyone looked up at Xiao Yan on the watchtower, and when they saw him break the arrow violently, they suddenly burst into a huge cheer!

Xiao Yan's last words, every sentence of the heart, pierced Yelu Dashi's heart! Xiao Yan boasted, he never took it seriously, and the victory or defeat of Song Liao's battle was here. He Yelu Dashi led the army to the front of the Song people's camp, but the Song people did not dare to go out of the camp for half a step, which is the proof. Before showing off his might to the Song army, his goal was all achieved, and the more Xiao Yan supported his words, the more humiliating he would be in this situation.

But this envoy of the Song people *** talked about the inside story of the small court of the Liao State now! All kinds of piles, as if he saw it with his own eyes, I really don't know how much he learned about his activities in the territory of the Liao!

This is the deepest thorn in his heart!

His face turned pale, and he wanted to refute, but he had nothing to say. In the end, he just waved his hand violently: "A certain is waiting for the honored guest in Yanjing!" ”

As soon as the words came out, Yelu Dashi knew that something was wrong, didn't he recognize that the Song army would hit Yanjing? But the knight next to him had already shouted his words without stopping!

At the same time, Yelu Dashi no longer had the mood to continue to humiliate the prestige of the Song people, and as soon as he carried the horse with a cold face, he retreated towards the formation. The drums and horns of the Liao army whimpered, but it was the order to retreat.

The brigade of men and horses still retreated solemnly, and the military appearance was not slightly reduced by half a point compared to just now. But the meaning of showing off his might is gone. On the other side, the Song military camp was just cheering and whistlering, and some people stood on the wooden fence of the wall, and gestured to this side. Compared with the oppression of the Liao Army Brigade just now, everyone's faces are pale and silent, which is really far away!

Yang Keshi just put his arm around Xiao Yan's shoulders and smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth: "Xiao Xuanzan, you really have a hand!" Let's go, go back to Xiongzhou, have a good meal for my mother, and give Xuanzan a pick-up! ”

Xiao Yan was covered in injuries, but his bones were creaking when he was hugged by this rough man, struggling to look left and right, and he met Yue Fei's eyes. On this occasion, there is no room for Yue Fei, a small ten general, to speak. He stood silently. Looking at Xiao Yan at this time, Yue Fei smiled slightly, and cast his eyes to the infinite distance to the north.

The boy's career is on that side............

In the camp of the Liao army, Xiao Gan, the king of the four armies, did not go out with Yelu Dashi, he was just looking at the tower in his camp, tightly wrapped in a cloak, and looked at the qiē in front of him. The expression on his face remained unmoving, and it wasn't until Xiao Yan talked about him that the muscles on his face jumped slightly.

Looking at Yelu Dashi's order to retreat, Xiao Gan smiled faintly: "This southerner, interesting............"

He also raised his eyes to the north: "This Da Liao, is it really hopeless?" But what is the way out? ”

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