Chapter 554: Bait with Body
"Check the fart, it must have been Su Shi's doing, he must have attacked our reinforcements."
Xiao Xiaoyou said angrily.
Su Shi is a person who is not slippery, and what he likes to do most is to fight a sneak attack battle, which has become the consensus of many foreign generals.
It was only because Su Shi was full of cavalry in his hands and had extremely strong mobility that Xiao Xiaoyou and them were a little helpless.
But in private, they still have a lot of questions, such as where did so many war horses come from in Su Shi's army?
The Great Song Dynasty lacks horses, this is the consensus.
But on Su Shi, this iron law does not seem to exist, which makes people very distressed.
"It must be those merchants in the country, they dare to do anything for money, this Su Shi is rich, and the horses must have been bought by him at a huge cost. Wait, when this battle is won, we must strictly investigate those merchants."
Xiao Xiaoyou said angrily.
And after saying this, he began to gather the army.
Since Su Shi sent troops to the Wutai area, it is said that there should not be too many people in the Song army guarding Shigu Mountain, which is the moment when he sent troops.
Xiao Xiaoyou decided to send a large army, he wanted to let Su Shi know that not only would you not succeed in this sneak attack, but you would also eat chicken and rice, so you lost the strategic place of Shigu Mountain. Look at the book
"Go, tell me that Su Shi has made a move, he must have no food and grass in his hands, and he was forced to make a move to my Daliao reinforcements, and now is the right time to attack."
Knowing that Su Shi was not easy to deal with, he was afraid that his own strength alone would not be enough, so Xiao Xiaoyou was ready to call the Western Xia Army together.
The soldiers quickly left, rode out of the Liao tent and entered the Western Xia military camp.
In the big tent of the Xixia military camp, he didn't hide the old news and didn't sleep all night, he was still waiting for news from Jingle City, but at this time he saw Xiao Xiaoyou's personal soldiers entering his camp.
"Okay, the matter will be known, I will mobilize the army as soon as possible, go back and tell General Xiao, let him rest assured."
He quickly sent away Xiao Xiaoyou's personal soldiers, but Qi Ruoshan, another general who was in the camp, stood up and said, "General, will I go and gather the army now?"
"Don't rush yet." He waved his hand.
Last night, he sent General Ren Dejiao with 50,000 Western Xia cavalry to go straight to Jingle City, and now there is no news coming, at this time, he is not ready to divide his troops and continue to move.
While waiting for the news, he also wanted to watch first, so that the Liao army could launch a military attack on Shigu Mountain.
In the eyes of the old people, the Liao people are allies now, but they will be enemies in the future.
Having the opportunity to watch a bloody battle between the current enemy and the enemy in the future is something he likes to see, no matter what the outcome is.
"Let them fight first, and when the fight is almost over, we will shoot." He smiled without hiding his old voice, but his eyebrows frowned together.
First of all, the Song army suddenly came out of Chitang Pass last night, and this morning Su Shi's army sneaked up on the Liao soldiers in the Wutai area.
All this should not be a coincidence, but planned in advance.
So what happens next? What is Su Shi going to do?
Before thinking about all this, he would not have taken the main army of Western Xia without hiding the old news, and he wanted to take a look.
The soldiers rushed back from the Western Xia military camp and replied that there was no hidden old voice.
"Great, with the help of the Western Xia army, we will definitely be able to take Shigu Mountain this time, general, then are we waiting for the Western Xia army to come and attack." General Yi Lingxing asked.
Yi Lingxing, the Yi family of the seven surnames of the Liao State.
"Don't wait for them, if the general expects it to be good, the Western Xia Army will not start so early, they still have to see the excitement first. In this way, Yi Lingxing, I will let you be the vanguard, you can lead an army of 30,000 to attack Shigu Mountain tentatively, if you find that Su Shi's troops are insufficient, you will kill it in one go, this time I will let Su Shi die."
Xiao Xiaoyou was angry.
At this time, Su Shi also dared to divide his troops to sneak attack their Daliao reinforcements, this
Ben just didn't put himself in his eyes.
is so arrogant, then Xiao Xiaoyou will take the opportunity to give Su Shi a good look, let him know what will happen if he despises himself.
Yi Lingxing took the order, and after ordering 30,000 horses, he began to launch a tentative attack on Shigu Mountain at about ten o'clock in the morning.
In order to find out the reality of Su Shi's army in Shigu Mountain, Yi Lingxing did not combine the 30,000 troops to attack, but divided them into dozens of teams, and pressed them straight towards Shigu Mountain from all directions.
If the 30,000 army comes together to attack, with Xu Ba and 10,000 forbidden army reserves, it is not that there is no strength to fight.
But with the other party's division of troops, Xu Ba felt a lot of pressure.
Speaking of which, this is also Shigu Mountain, which is not easy to defend, it can be said that there are mountain roads everywhere, and everywhere can become the offensive route of the army.
With so many mountain road exits, it is impossible to rely on 10,000 soldiers to cover everything. Xu Ba could only follow the division of troops and send someone to report the situation to Su Shi behind him.
General Chungmu said, "We only need to defend a few major roads." The herald quickly rushed back and brought Su Shi's latest orders.
"But—" Xu Ba wanted to say, in this way, I am afraid that the Liao army will enter Shigu Mountain from other directions, and they are in danger of being surrounded.
But thinking of Su Shi as the commander of the army, he must have thought of this consequence, so he nodded, "Okay, carry out the military order." Concentrate forces, hold several main passages, and strive to borrow land advantages to give more casualties to the Liao soldiers."
Outside Shigu Mountain, more and more Liao troops entered the mountains.
Yi Lingxing also quickly received all kinds of news, such as the slow progress of some passages when attacking, the pressure was very high, and the casualties were not small.
However, some of the teams that entered the mountain did not encounter any decent resistance at all, but advanced smoothly all the way, and had entered from the outer part of the mountain to the interior.
"Haha, the army in Su Shi's hands is really insufficient. Come on, report this news to the general immediately." Yi Lingxing laughed.
The battle situation was quickly sent to the rear, and it was also sent to the hands of the unhidden old voice.
"This Su Shi's courage is really not small. Well, even so, that opportunity must be seized. Qi Ruoshan, give you 50,000 cavalry, this time you will be the first to enter the mountain and capture Su Shi alive."
If you don't hide your old voice, you are also a deciding person.
Seeing that the opportunity appears, where is the reason not to grasp it.
The Western Xia army sent an additional 50,000 troops, and Xiao Xiaoyou also sent 10,000 troops, so the troops invested by the two clans reached 90,000, but the Sushi army guarding the mountain was only 10,000.
The Flying Eagle Squadron, which was lurking outside the mountain, reported the movements of the two clans one by one, and after Su Shi learned the news, his brows were also frowned.
He knew that the most important thing in this battle was that he could not hold Shigu Mountain here.
For this reason, he also had a certain amount of psychological preparation, and for this reason, he added a large number of bows and arrows to Xu Ba's department, in order to block some more time and gain more favorable time for other Song army departments.
But when the fight really started, Su Shi realized that he still underestimated his old voice and Xiao Xiaoyou.
These two were decisive people, so decisive that as soon as they saw the opportunity, they directly bet on the heavy army.
Its speed is far faster than Sushi had expected.
"That's it, inform General Xu Ba and ask him to shrink his army and move to the north peak."
The urgency of the battle situation was somewhat unexpected by Su Shi. But it doesn't matter, he is not unprepared, retreating to the north peak, he is the back hand of Su Shi's preparation.
The north peak of Shigu Mountain, the cliff is like cutting, the strange stones stand in a forest, the wall stands thousands of thousands, its danger can be comparable to Huashan, its show can be mentioned with Huashan, known as "Xiaohua Mountain".
Su Shi put the team there, which was tantamount to putting himself in danger.
Such a place is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.
But once it is captured, there will be no retreat.
Su Shi put the army here, quite with the meaning of breaking the axe and sinking the boat.
Actually, at this time
It is not that Su Shi has no other road options, such as abandoning Shigu Mountain.
Keep retreating and move towards the Wutai area.
It's just that in this way, the Liao army and the Western Xia army behind him will inevitably follow closely behind, and if they don't make a good one, they will cover up.
The strength of the army is only one-ninth of the opponent's, and at that time, I am afraid that the 10,000 forbidden army reserves in Xu Ba's hands will all die.
Not only that, but it is completely meaningless for Ji Zhu and them to appear at the foot of Shigu Mountain, in this way, the entire plan will be disrupted, and the entire battle situation will become extremely chaotic, and whether they win or lose next, Su Shi will have no right to control.
For the sake of the overall plan of the battle situation, Su Shi still decided to take a risk.
"Young Master, why don't you let Bai Xing send you away first, leaving the others to go to the North Peak." Lou Yang heard that Su Shi was going to Beifeng in person, and he knew that it was dangerous, so he made a suggestion.
"No, if I'm not on the mountain, where might the aliens attack the mountain with all their might."
Su Shi shook his head.
The army is inferior to others, and if you want to win, ordinary means are difficult to work.
Isn't it just a risk, Su Shi has confidence in Ji Zhu and them.
"Okay, without further ado, do as I say right away, and tell General Xu Ba not to retreat too fast, but to resist step by step, and buy more time for Jizhu and their arrival."
Su Shi knew in his heart that Chitang Pass was hundreds of miles away from Shigu Mountain, and Ji Zhu and they set off last night, and they might not be able to arrive during the day today, and it would be daytime tomorrow at the earliest. That is to say, you have to rely on your own strength to hold on for about ten hours, so you can't retreat too quickly now.
"Yes." Lou Yang saw that Su Shi had made up his mind, so he didn't persuade him. Anyway, he is still alive, so he will never allow anyone to hurt a single hair of the young master.
If you want to kill Su Shi, you can't talk about it unless you die first.
Lou Yang agreed and turned around to give the order, and Su Shi also took two squadrons of the Su Family's Army, as well as some Class A guards, as well as the health team and the literary team, towards the north peak.
At the foot of the mountain, after Xu Ba received the order, he began to lead the army to fight and retreat, delaying the advance of the alien army as much as possible.