Chapter 891: Sneak Attack
A month later, the autumn breeze gradually picked up and the weather was slightly cooler.
The atmosphere on the front line of Baigou was particularly solemn, and the atmosphere of slaughter before the war permeated the Song army camp.
The Western Army, which had been waiting for too long, was already extremely restless, and had been on the front line, but there was no battle to fight, seeing the enemy arrogantly wandering on the opposite bank, Yang Keshi finally couldn't help it.
"Sons, follow me across the river, Wang Shi will enter the country, and recover Yanyun!"
Yang Keshi ordered to the soldiers beside him, the water level in Baigou has dropped a lot, and the water flow has become sluggish, and he has asked the soldiers to build a pontoon bridge ten days ago.
"General Yang, do you want to ask for some advice?"
Wang Yu looked at Yang Keshi and said, he has endured it for too long, it is not a matter for hundreds of thousands of troops to be consumed so much at the border pass, the consumption of grain and grass is huge, and the rear may not be able to support it for too long, it is better to fight quickly, but the problem is that Tong Guan has not given orders.
"Can't you see it, Tong Xiang doesn't want to use the kind of shuai at all, he arranged the kind of shuai in Duliu Beizhai that is to expel it, and now our East Route Army is all in the hands of Hexu who is playing tricks!"
Yang Keshi shook his head and said, the shuai naturally refers to the way of the planter, although the master also came, and led the right army in the East Route Army, but in the hearts of the generals of the Western Army, the qualifications in the division are not enough to be called handsome.
"Have you thought about the consequences of sending troops without permission?"
Wang Yu reminded Yang Ke that the emperor had made an order.
"We are soldiers, born to charge into battle, shroud in horse leather, and kill the enemy in blood. Shall not kill a soldier or a general of the Liao people without permission? So what do we need to do? Just let those people in the court play tricks! ”
Yang Keshi was instantly angry, what he was most angry about was the emperor's will, if the king entered the country, he would be greeted by a pot of pulp, it was a stupid pig-like idea, he had been fighting with the alien race for more than ten years, and he would charge ahead in every battle, he knew better than anyone what the alien race was, and if he didn't kill the alien race, he wouldn't think about anything.
"General Wang, first take thousands of men and horses across the river to test the reality of the Liao people, and nothing can be done while waiting here."
Yang Keshi looked at Wang Yu and said, they all ignored the deputy commander of the Eastern Route Army, and they all had the right to be arbitrary.
"Report, general, there are Liao people approaching the pontoon bridge!"
A soldier rushed to report.
"Assemble the army!"
Yang Keshi didn't expect the Liao people to come so soon, he just thought about crossing the river.
The news of the Liao people's approach to Baigou spread quickly, and He Shu in Bazhou City immediately gathered on the south bank of Baigou with various military horses.
"Haha, Liao soldiers are here to vote! Providence! ”
He Xu looked at the Liao soldiers gathered on the other side and laughed, these Liao soldiers seemed to be unorganized, like a group of routed soldiers.
"Raise the Yellow List Banner on the riverbank!"
He Xuan shouted at the soldiers, the Yellow List Banner is dedicated to recruitment, and the banner means agreeing to the enemy's surrender.
Seeing the Huangbang Banner, the Liao people on the other side seemed to be a little unusual, approaching the pontoon bridge, but stopped again at the bridge, and seemed to be still afraid.
"And the commander, don't let the enemy get close to the pontoon!"
Seeing this, Yang Keshi immediately said to He Xu.
"How can these Liao soldiers who come to vote cross the river if they are not close to the pontoon bridge?"
He Xu looked at Yang Keshi and said dissatisfiedly, during this time, there were many people from all over Yanyun who came to vote, and today there is finally a Liao army, which is a good sign, and the destruction of Northern Liao is just around the corner.
"The last general is just worried that the Liao people will destroy the pontoon bridge! If these people are willing to surrender, they can directly send troops over to recruit them, there is no need to let them come directly! ”
Yang Keshi clenched his fists and said, how could an unidentified enemy approach his own defense line at will?
"That's the same thing!"
Although He Shu was leading the troops for the first time, he also listened to Yang Keshi's words.
"Bed crossbow, shoot the Yellow Banner over!"
Yang Keshi ordered to the soldiers, where the Yellow Bang Banner is, where the soldiers should approach.
Huang Bangqi was shot to the opposite bank by the bed crossbow, but to everyone's surprise, the Liao people on the other side directly moved out of the trebuchet, and the arrows were like rain in an instant, and the Song army on the south bank was in chaos for a moment.
"Enter the positional defense!"
Yang Keshi yelled, the situation is already very clear, this group of Liao troops is not here to surrender at all.
"Not good, pontoon!"
Wang Yu shouted, the enemy did not attack the position on the south bank all the time, and after a round of fighting, he directly attacked the pontoon bridge, which was instantly split into pieces.
"Shoot back!"
Yang Keshi shouted and ordered, but the Liao people had already withdrawn.
"How so?"
He Shu hasn't reacted yet, why did the Liao army that came to surrender suddenly make a move?
"And the commander, I don't understand yet, this group of Liao people is not here to surrender at all, their goal is the pontoon bridge!"
Yang Keshi looked at He Xu and said coldly, this time he was frustrated, and He Xu should be responsible.
All the generals are looking at Hexu, the sneak attack of the Liao people caused hundreds of casualties, if it weren't for Hexu's indiscriminate command, it would never be like this, thinking that Hexu almost let the Liao soldiers cross the river, everyone was even more disdainful of Hexu.
"There must be something strange about this matter, I'll go and report it to Tong Xiang!"
There are a lot of ideas about Hexu, and the Liao people's sudden move is a major event, and it must be decided by Tong Guan.
Without waiting for everyone's reaction, He Shu directly led people away, and all the military horses had to shake their heads helplessly when they saw this.
"Rush to repair the pontoon!"
Yang Keshi waited for everyone to leave, and ordered to the soldiers.
"General Yang still wants to cross the river?"
Wang Yu heard what Yang Keshi meant.
"Hundreds of brothers were killed and injured today, this matter must not be counted like this, let the soldiers build a pontoon bridge, and I will cross the river by boat tonight to give the Liao people some color!"
Yang Keshi gritted his teeth and said, the construction of the pontoon bridge is very slow, and it will take at least two days to build a pontoon bridge that can be used for the army to cross the river, and the Liao people must also know about it, and he is ready to take advantage of the Liao people to relax their vigilance to cross the river and sneak attack.
On the side of Baigou, the Song army brought in timber and began to rebuild the pontoon bridge.
At night, Yang Keshi secretly crossed the river by boat with three thousand light horses.
When he arrived at the north bank of Baigou, Yang Keshi moved north in the dark, and as expected, the north bank of Baigou was barren, and the village community was already empty.
"The wall is clear, it's ruthless enough!"
Yang Keshi looked at the dilapidated village in front of him, the strong wall and clear the field is a kind of battle method to kill the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred, and now there is only Yanyun left in the Liao country, and the wall is clear, no matter what the result of this battle is, the Northern Liao will be greatly damaged.
"General, there is a trace of the enemy ahead!"
A soldier reported to Yang Keshiyu.
"Where?"
Yang Keshi looked at the faintly bright sky, and the sky was about to dawn.
"In the direction of Langoudian!"
The soldier immediately pointed to the north and said.
"Langoudian, isn't that close to Zhuozhou? Could it be that the camp in Liaoning is in Zhuozhou? ”
Yang Keshi thought about it, he didn't find the camp of the Northern Liao army along the way, which made him very puzzled, Northern Liao was really so weak, and the front line didn't dare to defend, so why did he dare to sneak attack their pontoon bridge?
"Command the whole army to advance covertly!"
Yang Keshi ordered to the soldiers around him, since he had crossed Baigou, he had to find out some news.