An hour later, Cao Han led more than 7,000 iron cavalry through Yangou, and saw that Wu Yingying had gathered more than 3,000 soldiers in front of the Yangou fort. It wasn't until he crossed the salt ditch and did not ambush the soldiers that Cao Han breathed a sigh of relief, and after thinking about it, he chose a flat place suitable for the formation under the city of Zhuozhou, erected his own banner, and ordered the iron cavalry to go out to intercept and collect the rout army from the north, which was different from Wu Yingying's soldiers who only volunteered to resist the enemy in the north of the salt ditch. Cao Han had a very high prestige in the forbidden army, and the iron cavalry army forcibly retracted, plus all the soldiers knew that there was an Anxi army in the north to intercept the Liao, and there was a strong city in Zhuozhou, so three or four of the ten stops were collected by Cao Han, and within a few hours, thirty or forty thousand horses were gathered.

"This Hexi Wu hero is really a character," Liu Yanrang looked at the more than 5,000 forbidden soldiers gathered under the banner of Wu Yingxing, and said to Shi Shouxin. Seeing that Wu Yingying dared to gather his army so close to Youzhou to intercept the Liao soldiers, Liu Yanrang couldn't help but smile and said, "The courage is very fat, if it was Emperor Shizong, he would have cut off his head earlier." But there was a sense of admiration in his words, Shi Shouxin looked at Wu Yingying with a complicated expression and bowed to his side on the horse, and unconsciously raised his hand to return the salute. The group slowly passed through the Anxi military array, and Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wugong County, reviewed frequently.

Until noon, the cavalry of the Yang family successively led the people who carried the cart and carried the burden, dragged the children and the Han people to the Yangou in a team, these people saw the banner of the Anxi Army, the strict military formation, all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, some walked out hundreds of steps away, still turned around and bowed to the ground, and some took a handful of Youzhou soil when passing through the salt ditch, and were reluctant to go. After noon, Yang Yanzhao retreated with a team of grain trucks, and Wu Yingying frowned and said, "Brother Yang, such a cumbersome thing is burned, so why bother to carry it back." Yang Yanzhao said in a deep voice: "These are the fat and ointment of the people in the Heshuo area, they can't bear to abandon it, and they are piled up here in the salt ditch for the time being, if the Khitans come, they can also burn and block the enemy." After saying that, he ordered the soldiers to connect the grain carts end to end, blocking the main road of the salt ditch, leaving only a very narrow gap for the defeated army and the people to pass. After he finished arranging, he didn't have time to greet Wu Yingying, and hurriedly led the troops to pick up the people.

Outside the city of Youzhou, Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiu, Yelu Sha and other Liao troops fought fiercely with the Song people for a whole day, failed to defeat the Song army, and all reorganized in their respective camps, Yelu Xiuge, the king of the North Courtyard, was even more on his back three wounds, just from the battlefield and fainted, until the next day at noon did he wake up, heard that the Song army withdrew, still do not believe it. "The news is true, the southerners are cunning, and they must not be ambushed!" Yelu Hugo's face was as pale as gold paper, his lips were bloodless, his voice was hoarse, but his eyes were burning.

"It's true," said Yerusha, "that the horse ventured into the camp of the Song army, only to see that the Song people were discarding the armor everywhere, and even found more than a dozen eunuchs and concubines of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty who were left behind in the tent. ”

"It's really heaven to help me Da Liao!" "Brother Yelu Xiu patted the edge of the bed when he heard this, and immediately broke all three wounds, frowned slightly, and then said very excitedly: "The enemy army is retreating, and it is appropriate to chase and kill the past, why is the Prime Minister here?" Yelu Sha frowned and said: "The army is exhausted, and they are afraid of the ambush of the Southern Dynasty, so they are unwilling to pursue!" "Confused!" "Confused!" Brother Yelu Xiu was furious, ignoring Yelu Sha's face, and shouted: " There are more than 200,000 troops in the Southern Dynasties, but if there are strong generals who look out of our army's reality and can make a comeback at any time, they must pursue the enemy army and force them to flee without stopping. After speaking, he endured the pain, forcibly propped himself up from the bed, and said in a deep voice: "Prepare a carriage for me, and I will personally command the palace to divide the elite to pursue and destroy the enemy army." "The army marched to the Yangou crossing, the column was reported to Malay, and the Song army waved the banner of Anxi and lined up to block the front.

Yelu Hugo boarded the car and looked, only to see a banner flying in front of him, all of which were written with the word Anxi in Hanli characters, and the soldiers under the banner were wearing various military robes, lined up neatly, not like a rabble. "My lord, in front of the Song army, more than 10,000 foot soldiers lined up in the Chinese army to block the main road of Yangou, and another cavalry army lurked in the dense forests on both sides of the road, quite sharp, the fence horse wanted to enter the forest to drive away, but suffered a little loss, the truth is unknown. On the other side, the Song army also played the banner of acting on behalf of Beiyang Jiye. ”

Yelu Hugo looked at the Anxi army, not like a rabble, and said slowly: "The news before the war, the Anxi army of the Song State was not on good terms with the imperial court, and the large army was stationed in the west of the Tunlong River. He endured the pain of his wound, his face turned pale, and only then did he say a few words of strength, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. The guard next to him just picked up a sweat towel to wipe it, but he was stopped by raising his hand, pointed to the Song army opposite, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe it was Anxi Jiedu who made Wu Yingying and Yang Jiye clean up the rout, trying to turn the tide, and ordered the family members who beat the grass valley to raise the dust, and Wubuli led 5,000 horsemen to attack and explore the reality of the Anxi army in front of him!"

Looking at the smoke and dust rolling up behind the Khitan army on the opposite side, it seems that there are thousands of troops and horses rolling in behind, and the faces of the left and right soldiers can't help but change a little color, Zhu Dao, the centurion of the tooth army who commanded the vanguard array, spit out and shouted in a deep voice: "I have fought many battles with the Liao people in Guannan, and the dust must be some horseback riding families, even the arrows can't shoot accurately, and the horse's tail drags two big brooms back and forth. The military robe on his right side has been removed, and he is clad in iron armor, vaguely revealing a Vermilion Bird tattooed on his back shoulder, from which the name of Suzaku under the Guannan Patrol Tent, which is known to many forbidden troops in the Heshuo area, comes from.

With his words, several Tooth Battalion Commanders and Sergeants behind him nodded in unison, and Sergeant Qin Jiong also scolded: "This Khitan cavalry is cowering, hundreds of horsemen in a group, put a few rounds of arrows, see that our army does not move, turn around and run, there is no Uighur spirit to overwhelming the formation as soon as they come up, it is really a waste of good horses." "Most of the sergeants in the vanguard formation were originally in the army of Crane Control and Hujie, only because the army was dispersed and fled, and when they saw the banner of the Anxi Jiedu envoy, they stayed to intercept the Liao army, and they did not have much fear of the Khitan soldiers, but more of them were fierce and daring to die, and they all scolded and scolded when they heard the words.

Although the Liao army's cavalry archery is powerful, there are 3,000 strong crossbows in the vanguard of 5,000 infantry troops, although there are not many arrows, but they also force the enemy cavalry not to get too close, and shoot far away, and the arrows are difficult to penetrate the heavy armor of the forbidden army. Wu Yingying held a Mo knife in his hand, looked in front of the Chinese army, and smiled at Zhang Zhongyao beside him: "If the Liao people gallop like this until dark, as long as the people and the people pass through Zhuozhou, there is a strong city to hold, and the Liao soldiers will not dare to go deep wantonly." Wu Yingying himself also gave up his mount and changed into a thick infantry iron armor to guard the middle army formation, in order to show his intention to fight to the death with the soldiers. Zhang Zhongyao said with a worried face: "The enemy cavalry chasing under the banner of Yelu Huge, the king of the Northern Courtyard, came out of the Xishan trail yesterday, rushed to the imperial camp, and forced Zhao Jiong to abandon the army is this person. I'm afraid that the current offensive is just a test of our army, and he will definitely not stop there. ”

Wu Yingying nodded, looked at the wolf flag of the king of the northern courtyard of the Liao army, and thought for a moment: "If he wants to be tempted, let him see the quality of the elite of Wu Anxi, and pass on my general order, the large array and the vanguard array will move forward three hundred steps at the same time, wait for the military order, and shoot the enemy rangers with a strong crossbow." If the enemy cavalry dared to get close to our army, Yu Furen led the White Feather Army to rush in from the flank to disrupt the Khitan front army. ”

With Wu Yingying's order, the military formation began to move forward slowly, the forbidden army was the heaviest drill, such a simple advance and retreat, there were certain rules, even under the command and coordination of the sergeant of the Ya military camp, the entire army formation still seemed orderly. With the approach of the huge army array, Yelu Huge's face became more and more gloomy, "This Anxi army is so arrogant, if you don't teach it a lesson, I'm afraid that it will counterattack Youzhou." He turned his head to look at the palace cavalry around him, who were quite eager to try, and ordered in a deep voice: "The armies take turns to clash with the enemy's formation, and they will be scattered on all sides, and they will definitely make the enemy army tired and scattered, and then break through." ”