Su Shi already had a direction to retreat, that is, the White Horse Mountain to the northwest behind him. I had arranged for Chu Guo to go to find out about the situation over there, and now there is news that there are indeed horse bandits there, and there are quite a few of them, the scale of a thousand people.

Su Shi's goal was placed there. First, they can withdraw smoothly through there, so that the Liao army can not find their traces.

Second, there are so many mountain bandits, which are a good place to replenish the soldiers. If the Su family army wants to grow and maintain the purity of the team, it is destined that ordinary Liao people will not be absorbed.

In this way, the mountain bandits are the best source of soldiers. At least the two sides have a common characteristic, that is, they both hate Liao, and that is enough.

"Remember, don't go back to Laishui after you withdraw from Qigou Pass, go directly to White Horse Mountain, where someone will pick you up." After Su Shi gave some instructions to Feng Yidao, the first brigade of thousands of black horsemen left Laishui and went straight to Qigou Pass overnight.

The others were not idle, they swept Laishui, and the belongings were piled up together, and after being received by Su Shi into the system warehouse, they also left here and went straight to the direction of White Horse Mountain.

...... Zhuozhou, Fanyang County. As the first place to rule, it is still very prosperous, and from time to time there will be caravans from the Song Dynasty to and fro here, relying on the collection of tolls, Xiao Yuanliang, the first governor here, has eaten a fat belly.

Different from the junction with the Western Xia, the handover with the Song Dynasty, not only is there no danger, but there are also a lot of external fishing to take, which is why his surname is Xiao, and he is one of the major clans of the Liao State, so he has such an honor.

married four concubines, one of whom was the daughter of a merchant in the Song Dynasty, which made Xiao Yuanliang very satisfied.

Speaking of which, the daughter of this merchant is still very attractive, and her family often passes through Zhuozhou and goes to Nanjing, Daliao.

After a long time, I have developed a close relationship with him. It's no wonder that the last time they came to do business, they brought their daughter out and let Xiao Yuanliang see it, so I'm sorry, he wants both people and money.

At the sound of an order, the Liao cavalry turned into a mountain bandit at night and wiped out the caravan, leaving only such a daughter.

Xiao Yuanliang then appeared as a life-saving benefactor, saying that he wanted to track down the murderer, and secondly, for the safety of the woman, he took her to his own house.

The next thing came naturally, one night he pretended to be drunk and put the woman to sleep, and after waking up, he pretended to regret it, and finally said that he would marry the woman and be responsible.

That's the end of the matter. It can be said that there are many loopholes, but Xiao Yuanliang is not afraid at all, just because he is attacking the Song Dynasty caravan.

Big Song? Except that the territory is larger than that of Western Xia, there is no place to be seen except for wealth.

Even if you rob your caravan and kill your people, what can you do? Tonight, Xiao Yuanliang was ready to continue to spend the night in the merchant girl's house, in comparison, the Song woman was not only gentle, but also had good skin, which was far from being comparable to the rough Liao people.

Many powerful families in the Liao State were proud of having Song Dynasty women as concubines and servants.

"Master, General Yin said that he had something urgent to see you." Just when Xiao Yuanliang was thinking about what to do to be more comfortable at night, the housekeeper came and said that General Yin Kangan wanted to see him.

Yin Kang'an, the general of Zhuozhou, is still able to lead troops to fight, which is also an important helper that the Xiao family is looking for.

It is the existence of this person that Zhuozhou has been very stable in the past few years, and when he heard that he asked to see him, Xiao Yuanliang knew that he couldn't see it, and most of the time something happened.

In the main hall, Mediterranean hairstyle, but with a beard on his face, appeared.

"My subordinates have seen adults."

"General Yin doesn't have to be polite, but is there anything wrong?" Xiao Yuanliang said with a very polite look.

"My lord, the herald sent to Laishui in the morning to urge them to prepare grain and grass has returned, and he has also brought back an important piece of news, saying that someone is attacking Laishui City." Yin Kangan is a martial artist, he likes to do things neatly and neatly, and he tells his purpose as soon as they meet.

"Is there such a thing? Who did it? As soon as he heard that someone was attacking Laishui City, Xiao Yuanliang's expression became solemn.

It's his own defense area, and if something really happens, he will also have to take some responsibility.

"This is not clear, the messenger also saw the chaos in the city from a distance, so he did not enter the city, and ran back directly to report the news." Yin Kangzhi replied.

"Didn't see clearly?" Listening to this answer, Xiao Yuanliang was obviously a little dissatisfied. But he knew that the messenger's approach was correct, and if he really entered the city and was caught, then he wouldn't even have someone to report to.

It's just that I don't know who it is, so it's up to me to guess, Xiao Yuanliang immediately thought of White Horse Mountain, which is not far from Laishui City, and asked Yin Kangan: "Could it be those mountain bandits?" ”

"There is such a possibility, but what is going on needs to be seen. The last general wants to take the army to Laishui City tomorrow to explore the truth. This is the real purpose of Yinkangan's trip.

From the bottom of his heart, Yin Kang'an didn't believe that the mountain bandits dared to attack Laishui City, and they would burn high incense without being besieged by Laishui's troops.

But other than that, he really couldn't find any other reason, so he didn't deny Xiao Yuanliang's conjecture.

"Well, I'm going to go. That way, you bring more troops with you, and if something happens, you can make a decision on the spot. In addition, if Laishui City is fine, now that spring has come and the weather is starting to warm up, you can also consider whether to destroy the mountain bandits in Baima Mountain, the existence of these people is a concealment after all, and many caravans from our Liao Kingdom have passed by there and been robbed. ”

"Yes, the last will be ordered." Yin Kangan said with surprise. He knew that not long ago, a caravan of the Xiao family was robbed when it passed by the foot of White Horse Mountain, presumably now Xiao Yuanliang would say this, it should be the meaning of the Xiao family.

Just when Xiao Yuanliang had already begun to pay attention to the affairs of Laishui City, and decided to let Yin Kangan rush with heavy troops to see the situation early tomorrow morning.

In the middle of the night, Feng Yidao led a large group of more than 1,000 black horsemen to the outside of Qigou Pass. Yang Jingyun personally took action, and took a group of scouts to the back gate of Qigou Pass, and solved the four Liao sentinels guarding here at close range.

The back door has never been a key place for defense, and being able to send four people here is already a manifestation of the caution of the general guarding the pass.

After the back door was opened, more than a thousand black horsemen rushed straight in with torches and rushed into the Qigou Pass military camp, most of which were in the land of sleep.

No one could have imagined how the enemy entered the pass late at night, and many Liao soldiers were killed directly before they could come out of the room.

Some of the people who escaped, also because of the chaos, were not the opponents of the black cavalry at all, and were killed and fell in the courtyard of the Guannai.

Eventually, less than ten horsemen escaped, heading straight for the new city to the south. In less than two hours, all the Liao troops in Qigou Pass were completely resolved.

Among them, more than 600 Liao soldiers were killed and nearly 700 were captured. One person was killed and seven were wounded. Nearly 700 captives all broke their left hand tendons, made the heads of more than 600 Liao people who died into a Jingguan, and took away all the limited gold and silver in the pass, followed by a fire to burn some facilities in the pass.

There was still an hour before dawn, and Feng Yidao and Yang Jingyun got on the war horse together and left Qigou Pass, heading straight to the direction of White Horse Mountain.

Just half an hour after Feng Yidao's brigade arrived in Laishui City, Yin Kangan came to Laishui City with six Liao cavalry battalions and four infantry battalions, totaling more than 4,400 people.

Yin Kang'an was still a very responsible general, and as soon as dawn he led the army out of the city and went straight to Laishui.

Apparently he couldn't rest easy until he figured out what was going on here. ...... The nest of bandits in White Horse Mountain.

The three Song soldiers in the Juyi Hall stood on top of the main hall. On the left and right sides of it, there is also a couplet.

On the left is the river and mountain, and on the right is the land of the swallow. Don't be frightened by this slogan, this is just the standard configuration of ordinary mountain bandits, they are using these banners to strengthen themselves, so as to create conditions for themselves to eat and drink spicy food without paying.

Chu Guo had investigated the bandits of Baima Mountain, they had never done anything to truly regain lost territory, the most they did was to loot the passing caravans and bully the nearby people.

Whether it is the Liao people or the Han people, they will rob it. Because of the appearance of the bandits in Baima Mountain, there are already three nearby villages that have almost disappeared, and the people there have been killed by them.

It will only bully the people, on the contrary, when the Liao army goes up the mountain in large numbers, they will flee and leave here with their understanding of the terrain.

When the Liao army can't find them and has to withdraw, they will re-entrench here, continue to rob and kill, and do prestige and fortune.

This is simply a mountain bandit who ignores his life and does not pay attention to morality for his own sake, after understanding this, Chu Guo's heart is even heavier if he wants to deal with them.

When he learned that the young marshal would send someone to clean up the bandits on White Horse Mountain tonight, he waited halfway up the mountain early.

It wasn't until the reinforcements finally came at the agreed time that Chu Guo hurriedly greeted him. But when he found that there were only about twenty people who came, and the leader was still the beautiful Lu Siqiao, who often followed the young marshal, he was stunned and asked, "Is it just you people?" ”

"Yes, the road to the top of the mountain is difficult, and it is difficult for the army to enter, so it is enough to have us. Captain Chu, let's talk about the topography and pattern of the mountaintop. It was Lu Siqiao who spoke.

Su Shi was very good to her, gave money and respect, even if she accidentally kissed her hand, she sincerely apologized, Lu Siqiao always wanted to do something.