Chapter 216

The Liao cavalry was surprised that the Zhou army launched a charge at this time, the infantry was not like the cavalry, the charge needed to be accelerated, and the infantry could charge at any time, just under the temporary consternation of the Liao army.

Bai Chongzan and Fu Yanneng ordered the remaining sword and shield soldiers to quickly assemble behind and charge again.

After facing the surprise attack of the Zhou army's pikemen, the Liao cavalry did not come back to his senses, and in the blink of an eye, the sword and shield soldiers fell in front of him again.

At this time, the Liao cavalry was almost stationary, and there were pikemen in front of them to make meat shields, and after the sword and shield soldiers approached, they bent down to cut the legs of the Liao cavalry with their knives, so the Liao army forward fell into chaos.

At this time, Bai Chongzan and Fu Yanneng led their guards to flee south to Suizhou quietly.

For the two of them, the blocking mission has been completed, and there is an explanation for Chai Rong, now is the time to consider saving their lives, both of them and their guards have horses, and they have horses to escape, and the chances of success are quite high.

Pity the thousands of abandoned soldiers of the Zhou Army, and since then their end is undoubtedly one word, death.

After the Liao cavalry was hindered, they packed up the thousands of abandoned Zhou troops, and they were already exhausted.

After Yeluwan ordered the Liao army to clean up the battlefield, he immediately headed north and entered Yinzhou to rest.

In this encounter, the Liao army defeated the Zhou army, annihilating more than 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry of the Zhou army, but the Liao army also suffered heavy casualties.

The 30,000 cavalry have suffered more than 7,000 casualties so far.

Yeluwan was very heartbroken, these cavalry were the family he relied on, after this battle, Yeluwan no longer wanted to fight with the Zhou army, he had also completed the task assigned to him by Emperor Liao, and successfully rescued Xiazhou. The future prisoner Zhou army blocked the south of Yinzhou.

Therefore, Yeluwan felt that he had merit in determining difficulties, and meritorious work should be rewarded. But now Li Yiyin is in Xiazhou, so Yeluwan has to find a way to fight the grass valley in Yinzhou.

Although the Li family has been operating the five states for decades, and most of the people in Yinzhou City support the rule of the Li family, this does not mean that the Yinzhou party and the Han people are willing to accept the Liao army to fight the grass valley, and for a time, Yinzhou City was in chaos. Although Yeluwan had an order, considering that it was not an enemy country after all, he ordered the Liao army not to kill people when they fought in the grass valley. But the situation is always unpredictable. The people of Yinzhou were unwilling to be oppressed, and from time to time some people rebelled together, and this resistance made the Liao army very unhappy in this era. If you are unhappy, you will naturally have to solve it with a scimitar.

There are constantly people in Yinzhou who are being killed because of their resistance. Killed a lot of people, slowly, the people of Yinzhou began to forbear, this forbearance is not to give up resistance, but to turn the light into darkness, the people complained to Xiazhou, and began to secretly vent their anger, and began to attack the Liao army's war horses. It slowly turned into a attack on the Liao soldiers.

In this way, the situation becomes a little weird. The Liao army came to the rescue and successfully solved the danger of Xiazhou, but in Yinzhou City, it was incompatible with the people.

Li Yiyin's Xiazhou was still surrounded by the army of Guo Jin, the envoy of Zhou Zhangwujiedu, and was looking forward to the Liao army coming to the rescue, but after the Liao army defeated the Zhou army, it stuck to Yinzhou and did not move.

Now the people of Yinzhou have come to complain, this Liao army is a group of fierce gods and evil, and greedy and bloodthirsty, Li Yiyin is distressed, he naturally knows the bad habits of the army, but now that he has a request for others, what can he do?

If you offend this group of Liao troops, it will be difficult for the five states to come, and it may not even be possible to protect their lives.

Li Yiyin did not want to pursue it, but sent an envoy to Yinzhou with money and goods, one to ask the Liao army to show mercy, the other to express gratitude to the Liao army for coming to help, and the most important thing is to ask the Liao army to continue west to relieve the siege of Xiazhou.

At this time, Chai Rong was reprimanding Bai Chongzan and Fu Yanneng who had fled back in Suizhou City, but Chai Rong knew in his heart that they could not be blamed for today's defeat, so he reprimanded them a few words.

Chai Rong felt a little lost in his heart, this war was originally just to wipe out the five states of Dingyan, with the strength of the Zhou army, coupled with Chai Rong's careful preparation and planning, it should have been at his fingertips, but he didn't want to be inserted by the Liao army, and the success was lost, is it really God not bless the Great Zhou?

In fact, the battle is fought on this, if it is strategically considered, the Zhou army should negotiate with the Dingyan army by occupying the northwest border Youzhou and Suizhou occupied by Chai Rong, and temporarily cease the war, both sides need to rest and recuperate, accumulate strength, and the Zhou country is vast and densely populated, and it is not difficult to reorganize the damaged soldiers, on the contrary, the five states of Dingyan are now captured in two states, and only three states are left, and it is more difficult to recover the tens of thousands of soldiers lost than to ascend to the sky, and time is on the side of the Zhou State.

But with Chai Rong's character, at this time, the armistice and withdrawal of troops were more uncomfortable than death, and he had already raised troops to crusade against the Dingyan army in order to establish prestige, but now he has paid the lives of tens of thousands of Zhou soldiers and only occupied the land of Erzhou, how can Chai Rong be embarrassed?

Bai Chongzan, Fu Yanneng, and Shi Yanchao are in favor of withdrawing troops, they are already afraid, the experience of the north for many years, the fear of Liao cavalry is deep in the bone marrow, but they are more afraid of Chai Rong, so the three of them dare not speak out.

Xiang Xun is Guo Wei's former minister, and he has always been close to Chai Rong, and Chai Rong also regards him as a confidant.

Xiang Xun's opinion is also to withdraw the troops, if this battle continues, if the Liao army continues to increase troops, then the Zhou State is afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses, so Xiang Xun played: "Shengshang, now that the two states of You and Sui are in the hands of our country, there are only three states left in Xia, Jing and Yin, so there is nothing to worry about." The minister thought that the saint should withdraw his troops and send heavy troops to defend Youyou and Suierzhou, and then crusade in the coming day. ”

Zhao Kuangyin and Zheng En naturally knew Chai Rong's intentions, so they unanimously agreed to continue the crusade and destroy the difficult army. But the two have different ideas.

Zhao Kuangyin has risen in his heart to divide the idea, his loyalty to Chai Rong is unquestionable, but now he has a different view in his heart about Chai Rong and the Ming Kingdom, in Zhao Kuangyin's view, and the Ming State is good, that is to raise a tiger for trouble, although the current strength of the Zhou State is not enough to fight against the Ming State, but Zhao Kuangyin believes that the more enemies the more they need to be guarded against.

Zhao Kuangyin began to plan for his own back road, in the court of the Zhou State, Chai Rong did not have many henchmen, and there were only two sworn brothers like him and Zheng En, and now as long as he captures the five states of Dingyan, then he will be rewarded according to his merits, and this will be difficult to make Zhao Kuangyin belong to him, and for Zheng En, Zhao Kuangyin did not include him in his competition at all, Zheng En was too reckless and straightforward, not enough to make a big deal. And if he is determined to be difficult, in case the Ming State moves troops to the Zhou State, he has the five states of the difficult situation, and as a last resort, he can also hold up a piece of heaven for the Zhou State. This is the truest thought in Zhao Kuangyin's heart at the moment.

Zheng En's thoughts are different, he is just because he is competitive and unconvinced, in Zheng En's eyes, if he is the second brave person in the world, no one should dare to call him the first. (To be continued......)