In ancient times, there was a saying that it was ominous to be slashed in battle.

In addition, Xiao Guo can be regarded as able to fight, and sending him to take the lead tomorrow can be regarded as waste utilization.

After dealing with Xiao Guo's problem, Xiao Yuan had no intention of attacking the dragon army ten miles away. It was already dark, and in this case, it was not conducive to fighting, especially when night blindness was common, and no one wanted to fight at night.

Xiao Yuan also sent scouts to keep an eye on the every move of the dragon army on the opposite side, and then sent a full 3,000 cavalry to be responsible for the safety of the camp at night, and then he fell asleep in the temporary military tent.

Seeing that the Liao army had no intention of attacking, Hu Yanqing also said sleep very happily, and in the end, he only arranged a company of soldiers to be responsible for keeping vigil, and the others slept until dawn in the military tent that was erected.

It was dawn, fireworks were lit in the barracks of both sides, breakfast was made, and they tacitly did not attack, in fact, they were all waiting for the arrival of their own reinforcements.

Xiao Yuan was waiting for the Yi family's Yi Baiqing Department.

Hu Yanqing was waiting for the main force of the first division to arrive.

While they were waiting, a large number of reinforcements were coming from behind the Liao army.

The Yi family's territory is in the Tongzhou (Siping) area, and the Long Army is eyeing them, and they can only resist in order to keep their strength.

The 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry led by Yi Baiqing were just the vanguard. Behind him, there were 20,000 infantry reinforcements led by Yi Zhihan, as well as 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry led by Yi Yangxian, the head of the Yi clan, for a total of 50,000 people.

This time, the Yi family can be said to have poured out of the nest, in order to defend their own territory and keep their interests from being violated.

As a result, the Liao army dispatched a total of 130,000 troops, compared to the Dragon Army, only the first division of the People's Army was here. But they also had 30,000 veterans who had been on the battlefield, 20,000 peasant soldiers, and 30,000 peasant soldiers, a total of 80,000.

With 80,000 against 130,000, it seems that the Dragon Army is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but don't forget that even the peasant soldiers and assistant peasant soldiers of the Dragon Army are equipped with war horses, which means that the 80,000 troops from the Dragon Army are all cavalry, and from this point of view, the strength comparison between the two sides can be greatly reduced.

Even from a certain aspect, the dragon army still has an advantage, because their forces will soon be concentrated, on the contrary, the Liao army is concentrated here one by one, which is equivalent to giving the dragon army the opportunity to annihilate the enemy one by one.

For a day, neither side had any intention of marching, and the distance of ten miles became the safest area, only the scouts of both sides were active in this area, and the distance was still far away, and no one made a provocative move.

In this way, it was safe and sound, and at dusk, Mu Huan, the commander of the first division of the Dragon Empire People's Army, rushed over first.

Knowing that the division commander was coming, Hu Yanqing sent cavalry early to compress the space of the Liao army's scouts, so that they could not get close at all, and they could not see any movement behind the dragon army.

Mu Huan arrived with the main force of the first division, including the most elite first brigade, 20,000 peasant soldiers and 50,000 auxiliary peasant soldiers, more than 70,000 people.

All of them were cavalrymen, and in order not to alarm the enemy, they stopped three miles away from the Huyanqing camp.

Hu Yanqing and Brigadier Wang Cai rode to the headquarters of the division, Mu Huan greeted them personally, and when he saw that they had just dismounted, he laughed and said, "You have worked hard."

"It's not hard, to be honest, I didn't do anything after waiting for a day, and everyone was full of energy." Hu Yanqing's big voice sounded.

"Okay, what I'm waiting for is your words, that's the case, we will attack now, and we can't give the Liao Kingdom a chance to gather." Mu Huan laughed when he heard this, and said in a very firm tone. He had already received news from the scouts that a 30,000-strong Liao army was heading towards Xiao Yuan's headquarters, less than twenty miles away.

Twenty miles is only a matter of time, which proves that when it is completely dark, this Liao army will converge with Xiao Yuan's department, and at that time, the enemy will have 50,000 men, and it will not be so smooth to defeat them.

It was with the information from the reconnaissance battalion that Mu Huan could prepare one step earlier and arrange the deployment in advance.

"Okay, let's go back and deliver the order." Hu Yanqing, who had been a little impatient for a long time, immediately agreed.

"Go ahead, now face the table, in thirty minutes the whole army will attack, our soldiers have been eating iodized salt recently, they will not be affected by night blindness, and they will fight in the dark, which is also one of our advantages." Mu Huan nodded confidently. There was also some excitement in his heart, this was an opportunity for the First Division of the People's Army to show its face, and he absolutely could not miss it.

He also wanted to use this battle to tell the other comrades-in-arms of the Dragon Army that they deserved the title of the first division of the People's Army, and that they did have such combat capabilities.

The two brigade commanders, Hu Yanqing and Wang Cai, rode away on horseback, followed by more than 70,000 troops after a short rest, and also began to do pre-war mobilization, and after twenty minutes they would continue to advance, and then converge with the second and third brigades to attack the Liao army ten miles away on the opposite side.

Liao army barracks.

Xiao Yuan's expression was obviously much more relaxed than during the day.

Just now, the scouts came with the news that it was the 10,000 cavalry under Yi Baiqing's department, and the 20,000 infantry reinforcements could join them in more than an hour.

With these 30,000 reinforcements, Xiao Yuan's confidence has become a lot, he has decided to launch a fierce attack on the opposite dragon army after dawn tomorrow morning, he will strive to become the first Liao army general to defeat the dragon army, in this way, his name is bound to rise a lot, and the future *** Houlu is just around the corner.

I was still dreaming in my heart, but I didn't want the earth to suddenly hear a loud trembling sound.

As a general who has led troops, Xiao Yuan is certainly no stranger to this movement, and his first feeling tells him that a large number of cavalry have moved.

"What's going on, send someone to see what's going on. Someone, armor!"

Xiao Yuan shouted here, and soon a scout ran over and said, "General, something is wrong, the Dragon Army has launched an attack on us, and now it is less than five miles away from us."

"Are they crazy? It's already dark, how can this fight?" When Xiao Yuan heard it, he couldn't help but scold.

But after scolding, he quickly calmed down and said, "Go, inform Xiao Guo to let people lead people to resist first, and inform others to prepare for battle." Tell everyone that our reinforcements are coming soon, and at that time, it will be time for us to pack up the dragon army."

Xiao Yuan wasn't so flustered, his scouts had already figured out that the dragon army opposite him was only a few thousand horsemen. If he takes the initiative to attack, it is not certain that he can do anything to these people, but if he is only defensive, with the more than 21,000 troops in his hands, there is still no problem.

Even Xiao Yuan was a little happy in his heart. He was thinking, if this meeting could entangle these dragon troops, then when Yi Baiqing arrived with reinforcements, it would be time to encircle and annihilate the other party. Thinking of this, he said to one of his own soldiers beside him, "Quick, ride to inform General Yi Baiqing, just say that we have exchanged hands with the Dragon Army in advance, please speed up and seize this good opportunity to severely damage the Dragon Army."

The soldiers took the order and left, Xiao Yuan also put on the armor, and then walked out of the big tent with some high spirits, he wanted to see what these dragon soldiers who were looking for death wanted to do.

The man had just come out of the tent when he saw that the whole barracks were in chaos.

"What's going on? Go and resist in formation, what's the chaos?" Seeing the performance of his soldiers, Xiao Yuan said angrily in his heart.

"General, let's run, there are too many dragons." Just when Xiao Yuan was still angry with his subordinates and did not fight, a personal soldier ran in front of him and said with a panicked face.

"There are too many dragon troops, they only have a few thousand horsemen, what are they afraid of." Xiao Yuan was so flustered when he saw his own soldiers, and his eyes were full of disdain.

"No, General. The dragon army is not a few thousand people at all, but tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands." The soldier said in a weeping tone.

At this moment, in fact, there was no need to say anything with his own soldiers, Xiao Yuan could already see the army of the Dragon Empire coming from far and near, with torches.

Just judging from the number of torches, it is indeed boundless, and it is not a scale that can be made by thousands of people.

In order to achieve the effect of deterring the Liao army, Mu Huan ordered all the peasant soldiers and the peasant soldiers to each beat two torches, so that in the dark, there would be more of them, and it was also one of the best means to intimidate the enemy.

Once the Liao army found that the dragon army had a large number of troops, it would be timid before the battle, which would have a good effect on the morale of the enemy.

The effect is really good.

At first, the Liao army was not afraid, because they had long known the number of dragon troops on the opposite side. But when they saw that the torches in the darkness were too many to count, they knew that they were wrong, very wrong.

The Dragon Army was not a few thousand people at all, but a hundred thousand or even more.

Thinking that there are only more than 20,000 people here, the other party is several times their own troops, and it is dark, they can't exert their daytime combat power at all, so how can this battle be fought?

With insufficient troops and weak strength, one can imagine what will happen next.

Even if you can't win the battle, it's better to escape first, at least you still have a chance to survive if you escape.

Xiao Yuan's gaze became a little glazed.

Didn't the scout say that the dragon army on the other side was only a few thousand people? The question is, whether these scouts know how to count.

What Xiao Yuan wants to do most now is to arrest and cut down all of these scouts.

But this is just to think about it, the dragon army is getting closer and closer, he has no time to do these things, the only thing he can do is to retreat, and strive to join Yi Baiqing's department as soon as possible, so that at least he is not powerless to fight back.