Chapter 70: The Battle of Hutou Mountain
"Xiao Guohui!"
Yeluqi looked at a middle-aged general who looked like a scholar again, and ordered in a deep voice.
"The slave is here!"
"You led the cavalry of your headquarters to sneak into the area of Qiheyuan Zhaolongshan to hide and wait, once Yelu Baohe introduced the Zhou army into Qiheyuan, you will immediately wave your army to kill the combined army, and you must annihilate the Zhou army!" Yeluqi ordered with a grim face.
"No!"
"Ashina!"
"The slave is here!"
"Ben Khan ordered you to lead your troops and horses to ambush in the area of Tiger Roaring Peak, and when Yelu Baohe led the army to attack the Zhou army's grain transportation team, intercept its retreat!"
"No!"
"All the troops and horses set off tonight at the third watch, the people are ranked, chew immediately, be sure to rush to the ambush site before dawn, and the rest of the troops will follow Ben Khan to guard the camp and contain Li Jing's main force, there must be no mistake!" Yeluqi waved his hand and said in a solemn voice.
"No!"
The generals hurriedly bowed down to receive the order......
In the fourth year of Shenwu, on the tenth day of the first month of March, it was sunny, and the sky that had been gloomy for several days suddenly opened up, the blue sky was thousands of miles, and the sun was shining, Yue Yun obviously had no intention of appreciating such a beautiful scenery, but just sat on the horseback with a grim face.
It's been two days, since I came out of the camp of Baohan Mountain, I have been on the road for two days, and I am a little worried every day, that is, I am afraid that the Liao army will attack, and I want the Liao army to attack, and the two contradictory thoughts are intertwined so that Yue Yun can hardly sleep at night
The original half-day journey was dragged by Yue Yun for two days, although no situation happened at all, but even so, Yue Yun did not dare to take it lightly, just because the Hutou Mountain in front of him was already the last mountain, and after passing the Hutou Mountain, the road to Zhucheng was a plain.
"General, something is wrong, it's past the time to contact, why haven't you seen the horse come back to report the news, is there an ambush?"
Yue Yun was able to calm down, but his deputy Yang Heng couldn't bear it, seeing that the sun was getting wester, the anxiety in his heart was even worse, so he came to Yue Yun's side and whispered.
"Hmm...... Well? ”
Yue Yun also felt that something was wrong with the situation, and just when he wanted to say something, he suddenly saw a horse rushing towards him, and Yue Yun's pupils couldn't help but constrict......
"Damn it!"
Yue Yun's eyes were very good, although the horse that rushed was still far away, but he had already recognized the comer, it was actually a reconnaissance captain sent out to investigate earlier, looking at his anxious appearance and the blood all over his body......
"Kill, don't leave Zhou Jun, rush, rush!"
Just as Yue Yun was about to say something, a puff of smoke and dust rose from behind the mountain bag outside Lixu, and countless Liao cavalry roared out and killed them, chasing after the Zhou military captain who was frantically beating horses and fleeing like a flood.
The people of the Great Zhou, who were originally in order, immediately messed up, threw down the loaded carts and horses in a hurry, and fled backwards frantically, and the entire grain transportation team fell into collapse.
"Kill the horse pulling the cart and withdraw!"
Seeing that the army of the Liao State had reached the front, Yue Yun did not dare to delay, and shouted an order.
When the sergeants of the Crane Control Army, who were on standby, heard the order, they all took out their swords and killed the horses pulling the cart, and then followed behind Yue Yun and galloped away in the direction of Hutou Mountain, looking very embarrassed.
"Blow the trumpet, collect the troops!"
After Yelu Baohe chased after him for a while with a horse lance, he saw that the Zhou army had no intention of fighting at all, so he no longer forcibly pursued, and ordered the whole army to withdraw to the place where the grain convoy was.
"Look, general, it's all rice!"
As soon as Fang returned to the convoy, several Liao soldiers and soldiers used knives to break through the sacks on the cart, revealing the full grain inside, and shouted excitedly to Yelu Baohe
"Okay, quick, move all the dead horses, change the horses, let's go!"
Yelu Baohe was originally worried that Zhou Jun's grain transportation team was Xibei goods, but when he saw that the car was full of rice, he was completely relieved, but he didn't dare to stay in the same place for a long time, and hurriedly gave the order.
The change of horses was very fast, and a group of Liao soldiers moved away the horses killed by the Zhou army, and were busy tying the war horses to the wheels, but the fully loaded carriage was too heavy, and no matter how the officers and soldiers who drove the car, the speed of movement was not fast.
"General, look, there is a Zhou army catching up!"
The Liao army had not yet walked out of the Hutou Mountain area, and the smoke and dust behind it had already risen loudly, and a Liao Ranger who was in charge of the palace did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly rode his horse to Yelu Baohe's side, and reported in a loud voice.
"Ahha, sure enough, there are ambush soldiers, sons, kill the horse pulling the cart, and withdraw with me!"
Yelu Baohe is a veteran general, and after only looking at the place where the smoke and dust are rolling, he has already understood that there are thousands of Zhou troops who have been killed, and it is obviously the previous grain transport soldiers and horses, and he can't help but secretly admire Yeluqi's foresight.
This laughed and raised his hand, ordered the whole army to leave the grain cart, and led his troops to flee towards Qi Shuiyuan in the north, but the speed was not too fast, obviously deliberately suppressed the horse speed, in order to lead the Zhou army to ambush the pursue.
"The whole army stops, defend on the spot!"
Although Yelu Baohe's acting skills were good, the Zhou army had no intention of pursuing at all, and as soon as he rushed to the location of the grain cart, he gathered the soldiers and horses, and did not move the horses that were killed by the Liao army, but put up a defensive formation on the spot.
"Ha, these Zhou soldiers really want food and don't want to die, they really want to die! Fast! Signal! ”
After Yelu Baohe escaped for a while, seeing that Zhou Jun had not been killed from Hutou Mountain for a long time, he couldn't help laughing, and he was not in a hurry to hurry, so he slowly collected the war horse that was not running fast, and ordered with a wave of his hand.
"No!"
As soon as Yelubao gave this order, one of his guards hurriedly ran to a low hill not far away, took out the flint, and set fire to the grass pile that had been prepared.
"All the troops are attacking!"
Tiger Roar Peak is located four miles away from the Tiger Head Valley Road, Ashina led the troops to lie in wait here for as many as two days, has been impatient, at this time when I saw the wolf smoke rising, I was so excited that I jumped up and turned on the horse's back, roared, led the troops to rush out of the Tiger Roaring Peak Valley, and hurriedly rushed along the valley road between the mountains to the Tiger Head Mountain.
"Hurry, hurry, speed up!"
The wolf smoke rose extremely abruptly, and it was in this blue sky, it was extremely conspicuous, Yue Yun couldn't see it, and when he thought that the army of the Liao State was about to kill, he couldn't help but urge the army.
"General, everything is ready!"
Hearing Yue Yun's urging, a group of soldiers sped up their movements, and after a while, a commander in charge of command hurriedly ran to Yue Yun's horse and reported in a loud voice.
"Okay, get on your horse and get ready to retreat!"
What Yue Yun was afraid of was that the matter was not ready, and the enemy army had already been killed, if it was like this, the plan to destroy the enemy would inevitably fail, at this time, seeing that the troops under his command had finally finished the relevant preparations in time, his heart couldn't help but be relieved, and he didn't talk nonsense anymore, and waved his hand and ordered.
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"Zhou thief is gone, stay alive!"
Ashina has always been stationed in the Liao State of Shi, and has never fought with the Zhou army, and in his heart, he doesn't think how powerful the Zhou army is.
As soon as he saw the wolf smoke rising, he led his troops to rush over, and before Yelu Bao and his troops came from the front, he first killed from the valley road in the south of Hutou Mountain, and attacked Yue Yun's back road, while galloping his horse, he roared loudly, lest the Zhou army would not know that he had killed him.
"His grandmother's, Ashina, this damn bastard!"
Before Yelu Baohe had time to return with the whole team, he saw that the smoke and dust in the direction of Hutou Mountain had already risen heavily, how could Yelu Baohe not know that Ashina was greedy for merit at this time, and he was so angry that he scolded.
simply stopped forming a team, and roared: "Kill with a certain person, don't leave the Zhou thief!" He rushed back to the original road, and led his troops straight to the entrance of the valley road.
"The whole army dismounts and goes up the mountain!"
Ashina's greedy exploit not only made Yelubao and thunderous, but also made Yue Yun, who was about to retreat, break out in a cold sweat, he didn't expect that the Liao army would be two lines of soldiers and horses as soon as they came, which was obviously different from the original battle plan.
Seeing the two Liao armies attacking one after the other, the sweat on Yue Yun's forehead gushed out for a long time, you must know that the Crane Control Army is a heavy cavalry force, and it can only exert its power when charging, but now there is no time for him to charge the whole team, and this valley road is not suitable for large-scale heavy cavalry combat.
And he knew very well that with such a small number of soldiers and horses under his command, he would not be able to block the combined attack of the two Liao armies in any case.
If you want to fight your way out of the encirclement surrounded by tens of thousands of Liao troops, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, and in a hurry, you can't care about so much, so you yelled, turned over and got off your horse, and led a group of men to rush up to a hill higher in the north.
"Array, quick, array!"
The area around Hutou Mountain is a small hill, the highest is only more than 30 zhang, the slope is also gentle, there is no natural danger, the same is true of this mountain on the Zhou army, except for a little geographical advantage, there is really no advantage at all, but in a hurry, Yue Yun can't take care of so much, rushed to the top of the mountain and shouted loudly to order the whole army to urgently deploy.
Fortunately, the officers and men of Konghe were all well-trained, and although they were in a panic, they were still able to act according to orders, and finally managed to make a simple defensive position before the Liao army arrived.
"Grab the food!"
Ashina arrived quickly, and when he saw that Yelu Baohe on the opposite side had also rushed to the front, Ashina didn't want to give up the credit for getting grain to Yelu Baohe, so he shouted and ordered his subordinates to rush forward, wanting to control all the grain carts in his hands first.
"Control the grain truck!"
Although Yelu Bao and the department were a little late, they were not too far behind, and he also didn't care about the Zhou army that had gone up the mountain, and his mind was also to win the grain and straw, so when he saw Ashina's department going straight to the grain cart, he immediately became anxious, waved his horse lance, and issued the same order as Ashina......
The importance of grain for the army is needless to say, the reason why the Liao army attacked the Great Zhou this time, is not to grab enough food, now there is so much grain and grass in front of you, how can there be no reason not to rob, regardless of whether the opposite side is a friendly army, this grain has to be grabbed in their own hands first.
It was with this mentality that the two Liao armies rushed towards the parking place of the grain carts, and no one paid attention to the Great Zhou soldiers and horses who were nervously arranging on the mountain, and of course no one noticed the strange places in those grain carts.
"Ashina, what do you mean, why did you launch it in advance? It's not like yours to grab the work! ”
The two Liao armies are not subordinate to each other, and there is no humility between them, and they all want to give the grain cart back to the army, the problem is that the two departments come one after another, so that the contradictions between the two sides are inevitable, not only the soldiers and generals below are arguing around the grain cart, but even Yelu Baohe, who thinks he has suffered a loss, also rushed to Ashina's body violently, waving a horsewhip, roaring and shouting.