Chapter 893: The Great War Begins

Duliu Dongzhai.

"Brother, Beacon Fire!"

Lu Fang pointed to the black smoke rising from the other side of the Yellow River.

"It's almost time, tell Yang Zhi that they are ready!"

Sun Lei nodded and ordered, now that the Northern Liao army and horses are on the Baigou line, and the eastern coastal forces of Yanyun are empty, it is a good time to launch a surprise attack.

"Brother, there's movement over there on the Planter Road!"

Guo Sheng ran in to report.

"After all, the Seed Master Dao still can't help it!"

Sun Lei said with a smile, Seed Master Dao is still nominally the commander-in-chief of the Song Army's Eastern Route Army, and now that the Eastern Route Army has fought with the enemy, how can he still sit still, even if he disobeys the military order, he has to go to the front line.

Sun Lei did not go to manage the cultivation of the master, but led the troops to the front line camp of the Yellow River.

By the Yellow River, the four battalions of Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Wang Jin, and Du Bai were already waiting in a neat formation.

"Old General Zong, watch more this time!"

Sun Lei looked at Zong Ze, who was dressed in armor and had a tall posture, and said with a smile, Lin Chong and the others He didn't have to say much, but Zong Ze still had to give a few words of advice.

"Leader Sun, rest assured, it is my generation's long-cherished wish to recover Yanyun, and the old man should do his best."

Zong Ze bowed deeply to Sun Lei and said, Zhang Shuye and Liu Fa on the side also saluted Sun Lei with a fist, and they will all go this time.

"Li Zhu, Yue Fei, Li Yi, Gong Wang, Ding Desun, Xuanzan, Han Tao, and Peng Xi led 10,000 troops to form a Chinese army and go together!"

Sun Lei looked at a few people around him and said, along the Bohai Sea to the Jinzhou battle line for hundreds of miles, only four battalions of cavalry is not enough, and a large army is still needed.

There was no swearing-in ceremony, and the army crossed the Yellow River and headed straight north.

"Brother, what should we do?"

When Li Kui saw the army going north, his saliva was about to flow.

"What to do? Garrison the north bank of the Yellow River, ready to fight at any time! ”

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Brother, aren't we going to fight directly?"

Jiao Ting asked.

"Fighting now will only attract the Northern Liao army, which is not a good thing for our Northern Expedition, and we have to wait until the Northern Expedition army starts fighting."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"The idea of Northern Liao is actually very simple, now they are suffering from the enemy, our Liangshan and Jurchen are too strong, so they picked the weakest Great Song to try it, they want to play majestic, and they also want to stabilize people's hearts with the help of a big victory."

Xiao Jiasui said with a smile.

"But the news of the Northern Expedition will come out in the next two days!"

Guo Sheng asked suspiciously, as long as the Northern Expedition army began to attack the city, the news would spread all over Yanyun.

"Do you think there will be a stalemate over there? There will be a big battle tonight, and the people of Northern Liao can't afford to wait! ”

Sun Lei shook his head and said, Northern Liao is now adopting a strong wall and clearing the wilderness, this tactic is also a great loss to his own side, if Northern Liao can't change the situation before the end of winter, there will be chaos in Northern Liao next year.

……

The seed master hurriedly rushed to Bazhou.

"Meet the Shuai!"

Yang Keshi and the others saw that the seed master was coming, and they were all at peace in their hearts, and they finally had the backbone.

"What the hell is going on?"

Seed Master Dao looked at the dense banners on the other side, frowned and asked, When he was still on the front line, the Northern Liao army did not dare to set up camp like this.

Yang Keshi hurriedly reported the information he had found to the Seed Master.

"So the Northern Liao people don't mean to surrender?"

Seed Master Dao frowned, all along, from the imperial court to the generals, they all thought that the Liao State had been destroyed, and the Northern Liao could not be their opponent, as long as they crossed the river, they would definitely fall to the wind.

"No, and you're going to fight us!"

Yang Keshi said firmly, and pointed to the north bank of Baigou.

"What about Hexuan? What about children's appearance? ”

The seed master Dao looked at everyone and asked, the deputy commander and He Shu are not on the front line, and now that the two armies are facing each other, He Shu dares not to be there.

"I saw the child's face after I went to Xu, and I haven't returned yet!"

Wang Yu said.

"Humph!"

As the front-line commander of the army, he is no longer able to leave the army no matter how big the matter is, and now he dares to leave the army and run to the rear to flatter and flatter the army, ignoring the army.

"The generals will listen to the order, gather the soldiers and horses, and prepare for the big battle!"

Seed Master Dao looked at the camp of the Liao army on the north bank and ordered to everyone, since the Northern Liao has made a choice, then the big war should begin.

The Northern Liao army on the opposite bank found that the Song army began to line up for defense, and the army went directly out of the camp and moved upstream along Baigou.

"Not good, there must be shoals upstream, and the enemy will wade across the river!"

As soon as he saw that the enemy had given up a frontal attack, he immediately guessed the enemy's purpose.

"Zhao Ming, Li Ming, you two lead the Xuanfeng army up the river, be sure to prevent the enemy from crossing the river!"

The Seed Master Dao ordered again.

But what the seed master didn't expect was that the speed of the Northern Liao light cavalry was too fast, and Zhao Ming and Li Ming's Xuanfeng army couldn't catch up at all.

Jelu Chongde quickly led the army to the shallows, and without the slightest stop, he crossed the white ditch with the army and reached the south bank.

It was not until after the Northern Liao vanguard army crossed the river that the armies of Zhao Ming and Li Ming arrived.

Seeing that the enemy was coming, Yelu Chongde waved his head, and the vanguard army immediately divided its troops into two ways and made a detour to the Song army.

Zhao Ming and Li Ming saw that the situation was not right, and immediately stopped the army and defended in place.

"Fool, rush in, cling to what!"

Yang Keshi saw this and was furious.

"It's not good, the Northern Liao cavalry is too fast, we can't keep up!"

The Seed Master Dao did see the problem, they fought in the northwest and Western Xia all the year round, everywhere was the Loess Mountains, they were used to that kind of battle, and in the face of coming and going like a light horse, their movements were too slow.

"Yang Keshi, you take three thousand soldiers and horses to the rescue!"

Seed Master Dao looked at Yang Keshi and said, Now that the Xuanfeng Army is besieged, it must be rescued.

"Yes!"

Yang Keshi received the order and rushed away.

"Zhong Shuai, the enemy is preparing to cross the river again!"

Wang Yu pointed to the north bank of Baigou, where tens of thousands of Northern Liao cavalry had gathered, as if they were going to cross the river.

"The army is camped in place!"

Seed Master Dao immediately ordered, on the plain, the advantage of light cavalry is too obvious, their side is already short of cavalry, now they can only hold on first, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and use the numerical advantage to form a formation to deal with light cavalry, which is also the way to play in the Song Liao War a hundred years ago.

Yang Keshi led his troops straight to the Northern Liao light cavalry, but Yelu Chongde had already prepared, and with a wave of Daxu, the cavalry dispersed instantly, and surrounded Yang Keshi in a roundabout way.

"Damn!"

Yang Keshi was like a heavy punch in the air, gritting his teeth and saying, the enemy's fighting style is very simple, avoiding head-on combat, and the light horse is roundabout, the fighting style is very simple, but it is extremely difficult.

"Let's go and join the Chosen Vanguard first!"

Adjutant General Zhao De looked at Yang Keshi and said, they can't entangle with the Northern Liao Light Cavalry here, their purpose is to gallop to the aid of the Xuan Feng Army, and then withdraw.

Yang Keshi led the army to the periphery of the Xuanfeng Army, and the Northern Liao cavalry besieging the Xuanfeng Army dispersed in an instant.

"Let's go!"

Yang Keshi yelled at Zhao Ming and Li Ming.

The two armies converged into one, but the encirclement of the Northern Liao cavalry had also been completed, and the two armies were directly surrounded.

"You treacherous and uncovenanting Song people deserve to die!"

Yelu Zhongde roared, and with a wave of his hand, the cavalry in all directions instantly changed their bows and crossbows and began to shoot.