It was the Song army that came, and the army stopped in front of the valley, all dressed in scarlet clothes and black armor, with the words "Song" and "Yue" embroidered on the banners, and "Niu" and "Yang" embroidered on the vanguard banners. Li Qingwan smiled after reading it www.biquge.info "What a 'cow and sheep', don't you send us meat to eat." Luo Tianchu couldn't laugh, he knew something about the generals under Yue Fei's account, the general surnamed Niu should be Yue Fei's sworn brother Niu Gao, it is said that this person has excellent martial arts, has the courage of ten thousand people, and Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Xu Qing, Dong Xian are listed as the "five tiger generals" of the Yue family's army, the latter four are all good at strategizing generals, only Niu Gao has always maintained the true character of a soldier, and must take the lead in every battle, fighting bloodily, and is also the bravest of the five tiger generals. As for the general surnamed Yang, I haven't heard of it, but he and Niu Gao are in the vanguard, so they will never be inferior.

Niu Gao and the general surnamed Yang discussed in front of the valley, because the spies just now did not reconnoiter the top of the mountain, the opinions of the two seemed to be different, Niu Gao has been pointing to the direction of the valley, as if to march, but the general surnamed Yang kept shaking his head, and finally the dispute could not be settled, the soldiers were divided into two roads, Niu Gao led the infantry into the valley, and the general surnamed Yang led the cavalry to garrison outside the valley.

Niu Gao's 15,000 infantry marched very carefully, step by step, and the distance between people was very loose, and they kept looking around. Luo Tianchu was secretly surprised, thinking that even the most reckless Niu Gao in the Yue family's army was familiar with the art of war, and it seemed that it was impossible to win a big victory. The standard-bearer said, "Yes." Luo Tianchu stared intently at Niu Gao's troops, and when he saw that the vanguard was about to arrive at the exit, he suddenly said loudly: "Raise the flag!"

The black and yellow Dongting flag was raised high, fluttering with the wind, raising the flag was the attack signal agreed by Luo Tianchu and Zhou Lun, the Dongting army drilled out of the bushes at the same time, bent the bow and arrows to shoot at the Song army, for a time the arrow locusts were like rain, covering the sky and the sun, the Song army screamed one after another, and many people fell to the ground with arrows. The swarthy and sturdy Niu Gao hurriedly wheeled his sword to block the arrows, and scolded: "Damn, there is an ambush in the middle, and the shield array retreats!" Although the Yue family army was not shocked, they all took out their shields and raised them above their heads, moved closer to the middle, and immediately formed a neat shield wall, and the arrows fell one after another on the iron shield. Yue's army not only retreated in an orderly manner, but also did not leave behind their wounded comrades during the march, and supported each other to retreat together. Luo Tianchu secretly praised in his heart, and said, "Falling rocks!" The standard-bearer raised the green flag, and the soldiers of Liangpo lifted the big stones prepared in advance and threw them all down.

There was a rumbling sound in the valley, and hundreds more soldiers were killed by boulders. The boulder was made of local materials, and there was not much preparation, just to break the shield array of the Yue family's army. When there was a gap in the shield array, Luo Tianchu ordered the soldiers to release their arrows again. The Dongting soldiers were all proficient in water warfare, and water warfare was based on bows and arrows first, so the archery skills were very good, and the Yue family army fell a large area, but the gap was quickly blocked by the shield array.

The Yuejia army gradually withdrew from the attack range of the bow and arrow, and Luo Tianchu asked the standard-bearer to wave the red flag, ordered the whole army to mount his horse, and rushed down the valley mouth first, cutting off the opponent's retreat. But unlike what was imagined, the general surnamed Yang was stationed at the mouth of the valley, and if he rushed down, he would have to fight, although the two sides had the same arms, but only the cavalry in the rush was lethal, and the stationary cavalry was even inferior to the infantry.

Unexpectedly, the flag bearer was just about to wave the red flag, when suddenly a flying arrow as fast as a meteor shot down the red flag. Luo Tianchu and the standard-bearer were stunned, who knew that two more arrows were flying, Luo Tianchu felt that the arrows contained strong internal force, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he dodged and dodged. The standard-bearer didn't know that there was an arrow coming, seeing that he was dying, he suddenly saw a flash of sword light, the arrow was cut into two in the air, and the one with the arrow flipped a few times in the air and landed at the feet of the flag-bearer, he was startled, and hurriedly jumped back a few steps, only then did he know that Liu Shaoqing saved himself, and hurriedly thanked him.

Luo Tianchu, Liu Shaoqing, and Li Qingwan all looked in the direction of archery, only to see that the general did not retreat but advanced, holding a strong bow and looking at the three of them, it was the general surnamed Yang, he was burly, silver helmet and silver armor, white face handsome and cold, two slender willow leaves between the eyebrows were murderous, and there was a tiger-headed silver spear hanging on the victory hook, Luo Tianchu was shocked, and saw that the person was Yang Zaixing, but he didn't expect that he really obeyed the persuasion of Emperor Roufu, changed his ways, took refuge in the Song army, and obeyed orders in front of the Yuejia military tent. Yang Zaixing immediately shot the gun, and after breaking alone, he was a real tiger.

Luo Tianchu wanted to order another pursuit, but a few arrows flew in, and these arrows were all aimed at him, and it seemed that Yang Zaixing had seen that he was the one who commanded the army. Seeing that the cavalry at the mouth of the valley had begun to retreat, and the infantry had also retreated, and there was no way to get any advantage from chasing it, he immediately decided to let the standard-bearer raise the blue flag and withdraw the troops. The Dongting soldiers got on their horses and retreated down the hillside, Luo Tianchu was the last to retreat, Liu Shaoqing turned around and said, "You still don't leave?" Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "Brother Yang sent me so many arrows, I always have to return one." Saying that, he bent his bow and aimed at Yang Zaixing, he used a six-stone strong bow, it was difficult for ordinary people to pull it, and he pulled it into a full moon as soon as he competed, but it was difficult for him to support it for a long time, and he aimed while his arms could still remain stable.

The moment the shot was made, the bowstring "buzzed", and the sound of the arrow breaking through the sky was similar to the roar of a dragon. Yang Zaixing's pupils contracted rapidly, how did he not know the power of this arrow, but his temperament would rather not bend, and he would never bend down to avoid it, at the moment his arms were lucky, waving his gun to meet the attack, only to hear the sound of "dang" a leisurely metal impact, the arrow was snatched by the tiger's head and flew out, and his body was also shocked backwards, and he grabbed the reins of the horse so that he did not fall, but the horse could not withstand the force, the front hooves rose and fell backwards, Yang Zaixing turned over and jumped off the horse. With a pop, the war horse fell to the ground, and it took a few tries to stand up, Yang Zaixing looked at the hillside again with emotion, only to see the "stranger" who shot the arrow hugging his fist and going down the mountain with the swordsman who was just sharpening the arrow.

After the armies of Liangpo met, Luo Tianchu said: "The Song army will not chase us, but can retreat to Tanzhou at full speed." In the withdrawal of the army, Zhou Lun said: "I thought I could kill for a while, why did I withdraw?" Luo Tianchu said: "The best time has been missed, and it is useless to catch up, we have already killed and injured thousands of people in the Song army without spending a single soldier, frustrating the opponent's spirit, and the goal has been achieved."

After returning to Tanzhou, Zhou Lun returned to the camp to reward the soldiers, and the officers and men of the whole army received a reward of one pound of beef and three copper coins, and the reward of the soldiers who went out was doubled. This is all what Luo Tianchu meant, he deliberately wanted to let the soldiers feel the joy of victory, enhance their confidence, and stimulate everyone's desire to fight. The morale in the barracks was really boiling, and he was no longer afraid of the prestigious Yue family army, but he couldn't wait to fight, and he was even more confident in this mysterious commander.

At the beginning of Luo Tianchu, Liu Shaoqing and Li Qingwan went directly out of the south gate and went to the dock to meet Mrs. Yang. Yang Taigang left after supervising the last grain ship, and after listening to Luo Tianchu's narration of the process, he said happily: "A small victory is a big victory, how should I act next?" Luo Tianchu said: "I still have a plan to ambush the Song army, but I don't know if Brother Yang can't bear it." Yang Taidao: "As long as I can defeat the Song army, I will agree to anything." Luo Tianchu said: "What about the burning of Tanzhou?" Yang Tai was stunned and exclaimed: "Burn Tanzhou?"

Luo Tianchu nodded and said: "I just came up with this strategy, the Song army has been on the road for so long, and Tanzhou must be happy without a fight." After entering the city, they were exhausted, and even the iron-clad army had to sleep well. According to the military discipline of the Yue family's army, no matter how cold or hot they are, they sleep on the street, and they never trespass on people's houses, no matter whether there is anyone or not. Freezing to death without demolishing houses, starving to death without looting, no one dares to make an exception. Most of the stoves in the dwellings were equipped with dry firewood and vegetable oil, and as long as we left a few dozen people lurking in the city and set fire to each area while the Song army was asleep, it would soon cause a fire in the whole city. The Song army will definitely retreat to the outside of the city, although the south gate is close to the water, but I expect that the Song army will never go through the south gate, because it is also very close to Yunze Village, Yue Fei will not let the army fall into the situation of having a water army in front of the city and a fire city in the back, so I expect him to let the army retreat from the north gate, because the north gate is the farthest from us and the safest. If we had led a thousand cavalry to smuggle to the north shore by boat and cover the rear of the Song army, we would have won a great victory. Yang Taidao: "It's indeed a good plan, but why don't you just ambush it on the north bank?" Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "Who is Yue Fei, even I know that after I get a new city, I will send spies to reconnoiter the vicinity, if the ambush is there, it will be discovered long ago." It is only appropriate to smuggle across the north shore while the city is on fire. It's just that Brother Yang, you have spent so much effort to build Tanzhou, and I am afraid that you will not bear it if it burns it. ”

Mrs. Yang sighed: "It's really a little unbearable, is there no other way?" Luo Tianchu shook his head and said: "If there is no fire in the city, the Song army will not abandon the city, and there will be no chance of sneak attack." Although it is a pity that Tanzhou City was burned, becoming the base camp of the Song army will only be more disadvantageous to us. After defeating the Song army, we can slowly rebuild, if the Song army is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Tanzhou and destroy us, then what is the meaning of a strong city for us?" Yang Tai nodded slowly and said, "Then burn it, as long as you can repel Yue Fei, you will not hesitate to do anything." (To be continued.) )