On the wilderness, if you look down from a high altitude, you will see countless dense crowds of people running around on the vast land north of Xijin City at this moment.

The Liao army was too numerous, so naturally it was not gathered together, but divided into three routes.

Evacuate to the northeast of Huairou, Wangjingguan and Dazhuzhuang, and set up ambushes in the surrounding areas to ambush the incoming Song army.

But they never expected that the Song army would not pay attention to martial virtues, and actually launched a counter-raid, which caught the Liao army by surprise.

The battlefield was chaotic and gunfire rang out. The Liao army scattered and fled, and the entire formation belonged to yes - there was no formation, only chaotic noisy sounds resounded in the sky.

"Run, the southern thieves are coming."

"Don't mess up, don't mess up, immediately form a formation, immediately form a formation, ah! ~~”

Not to mention the formation on a running horse, it is difficult to shoot even if you shoot.

Soon, from the area north of Xijin City, the Song and Liao armies were fighting.

It's just that at this stage, the Liao army can break through the two-layer firepower to kill very little, and the Song army can only bully people by having more people and less to take advantage of it.

Yelu Zongzhen's imperial guards also slowly stopped, waiting for the scouts who were getting closer and closer in the rear.

When the bullet is fired, there are two ways to do it, one is to attach a spike to the spear, and the other is to draw the knife around the waist.

"Don't be afraid, put a shield on your chest, and we'll win before we get close."

"Kill, kill Nangou!"

However, in close combat, the Liao army did not take any advantage.

Then the rear arrived, some continued to pursue to the north, and some went south to intercept the Liao people who left the city.

"Report!"

If you look down from a high altitude, you will see that north of Xijin, more than ten kilometers from east to west, and more than ten kilometers from north to south, there are entangled Liao and Song troops everywhere.

Siu Hsiao Yau also made a decision.

The Song army not only had cavalry, but also many foot soldiers, and even many foot soldiers dismounted and fought on foot, because foot combat was more convenient than horse fighting.

So at this time, since Song Jun was willing to give up his strengths and choose to be tough with them, why should he be afraid?

"What's wrong?"

Therefore, the current way of recording military merits can be said to be the best and fastest way for most soldiers at the bottom of the Great Song Dynasty to be promoted.

The convoy walked slowly, Yelu Zongzhen rode on horseback and looked into the distance from time to time, and suddenly the sound of horses' hooves galloped behind him, and a scout crossed many guards and pro-soldiers, and shouted in front of Yelu Zongzhen: "Xijin urgent!" ”

"How's the battle going?"

Yelu Zongzhen's legs tightened slightly, sat down and continued unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, this should be the harassment strategy of the Song army, they are afraid that our army will leave, and they will inevitably be ambushed or difficult to catch up if they pursue again, so they will send people to harass them."

At this time, his location was in the south of Dazhuzhuang, almost in the area of Wenyu River Park in Beijing in the later generations, and there were about ten kilometers of road in Xijin, basically the battle area between the Song and Liao sides was almost in the north of Chaoyang District, Beijing in the later generations.

In an instant, Yelu Zongzhen felt goosebumps all over his body.

Zhang Kang put down the smoking musket in his hand, and while reloading the ammunition, he thought to himself, this thing is still easy to use.

The Northern Army had no war with the Liao State for many years, and was almost defeated by the Liao State in the last decisive battle, relying on Fan Zhongyan to lead 50,000 elite Western troops to help.

But fortunately, a good coach needs not superb marksmanship but powerful troop leadership ability, so he pretended to be calm and asked the hero who had made great contributions.

Suddenly, another scout from the rear galloped and shouted, "Report, the Song army is attacking and attacking our retreating team." ”

After a burst of bullets, the Liao army that attacked was killed and abandoned its armor, and before it could get closer, it hurriedly scattered.

"Your Majesty, the Song people are marching in advance, and we must return to defend immediately."

Yelu Zongzhen grabbed the horse's rope with his hand, motioned for the horse to stop, and then turned his head to look at the scout.

The surrounding heralds immediately responded, and then scattered.

Xiao Xiaoyou, who stayed in Nanjing, said in a deep voice: "If Your Majesty comes back to help, you will fall for his strategy, but you will be dragged back from evacuating, so that Fan Zhongyan can calmly chase after you." ”

"Bang bang!"

"Not yet known."

Thinking of this, Yelu Zongzhen immediately ordered: "Immediately send an order, let all the surrounding armies rush to help immediately, this battle is a decisive battle, do you hear it!" ”

After all, they are accustomed to long-range firepower strikes, and even if they can train in hand-to-hand combat, they are definitely not as good as the Liao army to eat with the guys in their hands.

This is also why Fan Zhongyan said that this battle all depended on the command of these generals of the Song army.

As he spoke, he turned his head and said, "Who shot and killed the Liao general just now?" ”

How dare Fan Zhongyan?

You must know that the Liao army was indeed on the way to retreat, and did not line up in formation.

"The deputy capital is dead, the deputy capital is dead, escape."

But can you, Fan Zhongyan, arrange a formation in the process of pursuit?

The Western Army fought with the Western Xia many times and had rich experience in actual combat.

"Kill!"

When he got closer, he didn't even have time to turn over and dismount, but while turning over, he said: "Your Majesty, the whole army of the Song people attacked and fought to the death with our army in the rear. ”

Seeing that no one answered, Zhang Kang had no choice but to say: "The whole army obeys the order and rushes with me to kill!" ”

The smoke was in the air, a Liao soldier fell, and the war horse ran around.

But I'm afraid of pain.

"Kill!"

Yeluzong was really shocked, and then immediately asked, "How is the situation in the rear?" ”

Sure enough, as the Song army continued to shoot, even if no one was shot, that part of the Liao army was also frightened and panicked and fled in all directions.

So many times the Liao army was not killed by bullets, but was taken away from the battlefield by their own war horses.

Although this may lead to some corruption, such as the children of the powerful buying off the prison officers, replacing the bullets and putting the credit on the soldiers' heads.

So they can only judge from the perspective of the present for the time being.

"Hmm"

It didn't take long for the matter to be reported to Yelu Zongzhena.

These troops were scattered everywhere, and since the Song army was attacking with all its troops, it was time for the Liao army to start a desperate battle with the Song army.

"Tell me?"

When Yelu Zongzhen left Xijin in the morning, he only saw the Song army's scouts and reconnaissance, and he thought that even if the Song army launched a pursuit, it would be in the afternoon or even tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Because after the Song army left the camp, the scouts came to report the news as soon as possible, so naturally they didn't know what was going on.

Soon the order of the Liao army spread around, and the Liao army began to turn its horse head and run south towards the battlefield.

"Our army is at war with the Song army."

And the Liao army also has grenades, which can still cause a lot of trouble to the Song army at close range.

However, the disadvantages of the Song army's chaotic fighting style were also quickly reflected, the battlefield was already chaotic, and it was difficult for single-shot firearms to form a dense firepower network, and once the Liao people raided from the side, they would fall into passivity.

The Song army pursued for a while, and encountered a main force of the Liao army, Zhang Kang immediately ordered to stop the pursuit, and ordered the soldiers to quickly line up a long formation, two or three thousand people lined up in a horizontal row, and the rest of the scattered soldiers and horses in the rear responded from the side.

The earth was splashed everywhere, mixed with the fragrance of early spring grass, and there were many Liao soldiers on the bank of the river in the distance who were drinking from their horses.

"Bang bang bang!"

The scout said: "Moreover, their muskets were extremely inaccurate in shooting on horses, and our troops did not suffer many casualties, so they took them with grenades, and then fought in close combat, which also caused a lot of damage to the Song army." ”

"Your Majesty's words are also very reasonable."

The lieutenant general behind him shouted.

Gunsmoke filled the air, and artillery fire overflowed.

Hundreds of people had just opened fire, and the smoke was filled with smoke and the devil knew who the bullet had killed.

Therefore, although the surprise attack of the Song army was to suppress the Liao army, there were also many casualties, but compared with the casualties of the Liao army, this number was pitiful.

Therefore, according to the conception of the Liao people's think tank team, the Song army did not line up and pursued directly, which was tantamount to giving up its own strengths and choosing its own weaknesses to fight with the Liao army.

They don't have God's perspective, so they don't know what the situation is right now.

In fact, the current Liao army has already thought of countermeasures.

So it didn't take long for Yelu Zongzhen to leave the north of Xijin City and go to Shunzhou, surrounded by many ministers and leather room soldiers.

Therefore, these scouts often gallop all the way from the nearby plains and meadows.

"Report!"

For a time, the twenty or thirty kilometers of the road from Xijin City to Shunzhou and Huairou was full of Song and Liao armies coming and going, and within a radius of forty or fifty kilometers, the enemy's soldiers and horses were intertwined, and they were in a mess.

At the moment, the battlefield is in chaos.

The Song army was also prepared for the enemy to rush closer by the musket, and when the enemy was fifty paces away, they kept firing with muskets, and when they got close to within fifty paces, they changed to a short gun at their waist.

Although this musket is very easy to use, Zhang Kang's hand shook just now, and the bullet hit the sky, which made him slightly embarrassed.

He never expected Fan Zhongyan to be so courageous.

"Yes."

Xiao Ying hurriedly said.

But it didn't take long for the next news to come, which made Yelu Zongzhen and the others full of horror.

Yelu Zongzhen no longer hesitated.

"They didn't have a large group of men, most of them were thousands or even hundreds, they attacked everywhere, fired muskets from a distance, and our troops scattered in a hurry as soon as they got close."

"Order, go back immediately and fight to the death with the Song people!"

"Yes, we must go back immediately."

But no one in the rear answered.

The bullet splashed and entered the body, and the first time it did not make the war horses fall, but made them suffer and be frightened, and instinctively fled to the rear.

Although he shot on a horse, it was not an exaggeration to say that the quasi-head was miserable, but the Song army didn't care about the quasi-head, what he wanted was this effect to scare the Liao people.

"There are some, but most of them are fighting with the Song people."

But no one cares, because Fan Zhongyan is more strict in governing the army, and let his soldiers engrave words on the bottom of the bullets, and there will be prison officers in the rear to search for the corpse and take out the bullets to record military achievements.

The scout had already approached, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, the Song army has several troops and horses, and they are now attacking and disturbing the army in our rear. ”

Some even simply abandoned their guns in close combat and fought fiercely with the Liao army.

Zhang Kang immediately ordered the pursuit to continue.

The official road was full of Liao war horses, which crowded the road.

The scout replied.

About 200,000 troops were withdrawn from Xijin, Yuhe, and Wanping, and in addition, there were still a large number of Liao troops from the rear in the surrounding states, counties, and cities.

"How is the offensive of the Song army?"

"Yes!"

The Liao army suddenly came out, which caught the Song army a little off guard. But Zhang Kang's soldiers and horses were all well-trained, listened to the horn and whistle in time, stopped the horses, and then shot one after another.

This run caused the surrounding Liao troops to follow suit, and they all turned their horses and were driven to flee to the northwest.

Scout Lerma leaves.

On the other side, Xiao Ying, the envoy of the Xuanhui South Courtyard, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the minister always feels that there is something wrong with this. ”

With good command, you can use the Liao army as a kite.

Some of them galloped on horseback, and when they got closer, they quickly lined up and began to shoot at the Liao army.

They themselves did not lack artillery, so they often trained their horses in desensitization, and now they are no longer afraid of the loud sound of artillery and muskets.

The Song people fought in a variety of strange ways, some of them were broken into pieces, and an army of 5,000 people simply subdivided each battalion and fought for each one.

"All the troops?"

It is not that there is no carelessness of the Song army, after all, not every Song army unit is as well-trained as Zhang Kang's soldiers and horses. For example, the quality of the Northern Army on Hebei Road is not as good as that of the Western Army on Shaanxi Road.

The soldiers galloped on horseback, galloping all the way, shooting while riding.

Xiao Ying's brows were still furrowed, and he said, "The minister can't say it." I just think, do the Song people really think that a small force can delay the march of our army? ”

If the command is not good, and the correct tactics are not made in time, they will be approached by the Liao army and forced to fight hand-to-hand with the Liao army.

The scout's panic quickly attracted the attention of many Liao soldiers.

Therefore, except for some Song troops with quick brains and flexible reactions, after a round of shooting, they will go up the horse to open the distance and fight guerrilla warfare as soon as possible, many Song army generals who are not very capable are easy to fight, and they will engage with the Liao army in short combat.

"Shoot, shoot!"

Unless the muskets are immediately lined up and lined up on the horses, they are actually fired during the gallop, and the accuracy can be said to be miserable.

"What?"

Yelu Zongzhen listened to the scout's words, nodded slightly, and said: "Sure enough, the Song army wants to delay us with a small army, so that the rear army can get rid of the Song army as soon as possible." ”

Because there is nothing to hesitate about, if he doesn't care about the army behind, then won't he directly lose half of his troops?

But the Great Song Dynasty army has only been restructured for two or three years, and a large number of the graves of the generals are three feet high, and the speed of corruption is not so fast.

The scout shouted loudly, almost hoarse.

"Oh?"

"There is no rout."

Gunfire erupted.

Since Song Jun knew that the small force could not delay them, why did he send them out? Did Song Jun really think that he could stop their brigade with just these people?

Yelu Zong really smiled: "Maybe this is just Fan Zhongyan's ploy, so that I mistakenly think that he is attacking in a big way, so that I can go back and save it." Once the plan is made, the Song army can calmly set up a position and engage us in the field north of Xijin City. ”

The scouts galloped fast.

Even though the level of training has increased after the army restructuring, many of the northern army's riding skills are not as good as the western army, so that they are scattered very far in the pursuit battle, and they cannot be assembled at the first time, and they encounter the impact of the Liao army.

Yelu Zongzhen frowned, and was about to ponder.

As soon as he finished speaking, he knelt on one knee to know how urgent the military situation was.

Xiao Ying couldn't say anything.

For a time, although the Song army's surprise attack caught the Liao army by surprise, in the chaos, the Liao army slowly stabilized the situation, even if it was defeated by the Song army, there was no immediate large-scale rout.

The only problem is that now the entire north of Xijin is in a mess. The Song army still has middle and lower-level generals under their own commands, but the command system of the Liao people has completely failed, and they are almost fighting on their own, if there are no reinforcements, it is a matter of time before they are defeated.

(End of chapter)