But now, how did this fire, which reflected the sky red, appear?

When I was still puzzled, a scout suddenly ran over from outside. "General, general, something is wrong, to the east of our camp, countless Song cavalry suddenly came, and they came straight to us, less than five miles away from us."

"Song Qi? How many? Hearing that at this time, the Song army actually launched an attack on him, Xiao Xiaoyou had a bad feeling in his heart.

"I don't know, it's too dark to see clearly, but there are many, many people, I'm afraid there are fifty or sixty thousand people." The scout general still spoke urgently, without the slightest sense of dereliction of duty because he could not determine the number of enemies.

In the dark, visibility is limited.

In the face of the attack of the large army, the scouts did not dare to move forward at all, and they could come up with an approximate number, which was also estimated by experience.

"Fifty or sixty thousand? Where did the Song army get so many cavalry, could it be that their reinforcements came? Xiao Xiaoyou had an incredulous expression on his face.

He didn't know that these cavalry who suddenly appeared were another part of the Chitang Pass, and he thought that some people in the pass had gone to the direction of Lejing City.

It's just that no matter what he thinks, the facts are in front of him, thinking that Song Qi is only five miles away from them, Xiao Xiaoyou's face changed greatly, and he immediately said: "Quick, order someone to resist, and send someone to ask for help from the Western Xia army." In addition, we will send someone to inform our people in Yamauchi and send some people back to help. ”

At this time, Xiao Xiaoyou hadn't thought about retreating.

Su Shi has been surrounded on the mountain, and he is about to be destroyed, absolutely at this time

You can't mess with yourself.

Moreover, the location of their camp is the exit place of Shigu Mountain. If he left now, once these Song horses were allowed to enter Shigu Mountain, the plan to destroy Su Shi might go unexpected, which was something he would never allow to happen.

The heralds ran out one by one, and Xiao Xiaoyou also put on his armor and was ready to go into battle in person.

By the time Xiao Xiaoyou was ready, the sound of the war horse stepping on the ground and the sound of shouting and killing could be faintly heard in his ears.

Based on experience, Xiao Xiaoyou concluded that Song Qi should run less than two miles outside his camp, which was already a very dangerous distance, thinking of this, he couldn't help but look west, thinking about when the reinforcements from Western Xia would arrive.

Then he looked at Shigu Mountain, and saw that under the fire, the sky seemed to be much redder, and he couldn't help but start worrying, what happened in the mountain, and where did the fire come from?

Just when Xiao Xiaoyou was thinking about this, there was a noisy crowd outside the camp, which caused the soldiers around Xiao Xiaoyou to show their dissatisfaction and shout loudly, "What happened, you must not make loud noises in the barracks." ”

As soon as the soldier finished shouting, he was not silent, but a louder wail. "General, general, I'm Yi Lingxing, it's over, it's all over."

As the voice came out, a Liao army general wearing a general's armor walked out of the crowd, came to Xiao Xiaoyou, and fell to his knees with a plop.

At this time, by the moonlight, he could also see that his face was faintly black from the fire.

All this fell into Xiao Xiaoyou's eyes, which made his eyes stare and give birth to an even worse feeling.

"What's going on, say."

"General, that Su Shi cast a demon spell, suddenly a fire fell from the sky, we were defenseless, all the military rations on the mountainside were burned, the army was burned to the company camp, the number of troops... The number is not one out of ten. General, we are defeated, defeated. ”

As he spoke, his eyes showed horror, and at last, tears flowed from his eyes.

"What? Rubbish. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xiaoyou was shocked all over, followed a step forward, reached out and grabbed Yi Lingxing's neck, the anger in his eyes could kill.

The other Liao army soldiers who heard this scene all changed their faces at this moment.

If there is not one out of ten attacking troops, doesn't that mean that the 50,000 army can't even have 10,000 left, if so, then their Liao army is really defeated.

After the reinforcements were blocked, I am afraid that they have already retreated, and the original army has been severely damaged, and the 80,000-strong army is now only 20,000 or 30,000 people in front of them.

If the troops are insufficient, how can they turn the sky upside down in Songdi?

At this time, I am afraid that self-protection will be very laborious.

Everyone else can think that Xiao Xiaoyou, as a general who has led the army for many years, will only think more.

I don't know when, he had already let go of the hand holding Yi Lingxing, and then let out a long breath, and spit out two words with an unwilling face, "Withdraw the army." ”

"General, where are we going?" When the others heard this, they asked.

It is said that it is safest to withdraw to Liaodi. But now, there are Song cavalry on the east and north sides of the Liaodi, and it seems that it is not safe.

"Withdraw to the west, and we will

Hiding in the rear of the Western Xia army, looking for fighters. ”

Xiao Youxiao is also a decisive person.

Now that the army has been defeated, what needs to be done now is not to hold accountable, but how to preserve the remaining strength.

He appeared in the north of the Song Dynasty with 100,000 Liao troops, and if the whole army was destroyed by his own hands, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear the responsibility of killing himself, and even his family in Shangjing would be implicated.

And if you can save a certain number of soldiers, it will be completely different. This can only be said to be defeated, not all useless.

"Withdraw, withdraw quickly, unimportant things don't need to be taken away, one person and one horse, get out of here first."

Thinking that Song Qi would appear soon, and there was not much time left for him, Xiao Xiaoyou hurriedly gave an order.

Then he took the lead, mounted his horse and went straight to the camp.

Of course, he did not go to find the Song cavalry to fight, but was the first to take the lead in retreating, speeding in the direction of the Western Xia army to the west.

In the process of retreating, Xiao Xiaoyou also played a heart, he did not choose to go straight, but deliberately went around in a circle, he was afraid that he would meet the reinforcements sent by Western Xia, and it was not so convenient for him to withdraw at that time.

20,000 Liao rode back frantically.

In addition to horses and weapons, a lot of military rations were thrown in the battalion. Due to the tight schedule, they didn't even have time to burn it.

About half an hour later, Di Qing, Yang Wenguang and others led the army to the Liao army camp, but where they looked, it was very empty, and there was no one to see.

"They fled as fast as they could. Leave a thousand men here, and the others will follow me in pursuit. By the way, General Yang, General Fang, you have it

What is it? Di Qing had no intention of staying, but was ready to continue the pursuit.

"General Di, there is a fire burning in Shigu Mountain, presumably it can't burn all the foreign enemies, and the last general wants to lead troops into it to clear the remnants of the enemy." Yang Wenguang spoke. Then he thought of something, looked at Fang Jiugui and said, "General Fang, there are only two thousand people in your department, so it's better to follow us." ”

There is Su Shi in Shigu Mountain, Fang Jiugui separated from Wang Xin this time and brought troops to help, in order to please Su Shi, and the distance to the mountain is closer, presumably it should be what the other party wants.

"Okay, just listen to General Yang." Fang Jiugui rode on his horse and smiled.

Although Fang Jiugui is much higher than Yang Wenguang in terms of military rank, he is a person who is favored by Su Shi, and he does not dare to hold it up in front of him at all.

Di Qing also saw that Yang Wenguang was deliberately trying to help Fang Jiugui, so he didn't think about disturbing other people's good deeds, so he nodded and said, "In this way, we will divide our troops and take care." ”

"General Di take care." Yang Wenguang and Fang Jiugui hugged their fists.

In this way, nearly 50,000 Song cavalry soldiers were divided into two routes. Di Qing led 40,000 cavalry straight to the west, and he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the alien cavalry to see if he could recover more land.

Yang Wenguang and Fang Jiugui led 8,000 cavalry north into Shigu Mountain, and began to encircle and suppress the Liao army and the Western Xia army, which were severely damaged by the fire.

After dividing the army into two routes, Di Qing led the army to the west.

Compared with when they came from the west, although their number was smaller, the 40,000-strong army was all cavalry, and they had eaten well and rested well, which could be said to be full of energy. Compared to when he entered the north, his strength was not comparable

How much worse.

In addition, their appearance was somewhat unexpected, and Di Qing was holding back the fire this time and wanted to win a big battle.

Just when Di Qing led the army to rush forward, he came out of the camp for six or seven miles, and met an enemy cavalry, which was the 10,000 Western Xia cavalry who rushed to support after receiving Xiao Xiaoyou's order for help.

The Western Xia army is now considered a powerful party, with 120,000 soldiers, of which only 20,000 are infantry, and the rest are all elite cavalry.

With such a powerful force, it is not easy for anyone to fight their ideas. But as soon as Su Shi's plan came out, they kept dividing their troops.

First, the 40,000 Song troops who ran out of Chitang Pass attracted 50,000 cavalry troops. Following Shigu Mountain, another 50,000 troops were dispatched.

Of the 120,000 troops, only 20,000 remained.

But these 20,000 people, and because of the early appearance of the black cavalry, they had to send 10,000 cavalry to intercept it, that is to say, the strength in the Xixia camp was even more empty than in the Liao army camp, only 10,000 cavalry.

This time, 10,000 people were sent out, and the camp was close to the air.

Only the old story and the thousands of cavalry left behind to guard the town.

But this 10,000 Xixia cavalry was also unlucky, and they ran into the tiger and wolf Western Army led by Di Qing.

The two sides have been fighting in the west for many years, which can be called a feud.

Now, seeing each other on the battlefield, it is extraordinarily red-eyed. When they met, they came together.

Di Qing led 40,000 soldiers, all of whom were cavalry, both in terms of quantity and quality, and they were like crushing the Western Xia cavalry. The two sides fought each other, and the Western Xia army felt that something was wrong.

In the process of fighting on one side, one

While retreating, he also sent people to report to the rear.

In the Xixia camp five miles away in the rear, the scout ran back in embarrassment to report the news, and the people who learned the news were shocked.