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Volume 7: Laughing and Talking about Drinking the Blood of the Huns Chapter 41: Battlefield

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    #20154;Across the northern kingdom, there are some chronic problems in the formation and battle, and the ranks are disorganized and not dense.  Lin Zhong Military Academy surrounded the commander Dong Zunyi, and the five thousand cavalry troops charged through the barrier of horses and plunged into the front line of Khitan cavalry.  The elite Miyazaki troops did not form a formation to block them. Instead, they formed a team of five to six hundred riders, like a pack of wolves, and kept running around the five thousand knights. Every time they missed the team of the knights, they lost a little bit.  Dozens of Song army cavalrymen who separated from the brigade separated themselves, outnumbered and stabbed off their horses.

    Although the status of the Xiaowu Army is not as high as that of the Fourth Army, all the Xiaoqi are the children of good families in the border counties. They dare to fight and die wherever they are willing to die, and they will not lose to others.  After rushing into the Khitan army formation, the cavalry inside galloped and bent their bows and arrows to kill the enemies, while the cavalry outside slashed and stabbed with swords and spears. Whenever the Khitan cavalry passed by in an instant, several riders from both sides fell off their horses.  Du Yuhou Linzhong rushed to kill with great joy, and shouted repeatedly. He was completely different from his usual ability and forbearance. I saw him stabbing left and right with a big spear, and the white under the spear blade had been dyed scarlet.  Duo.

    "The Khitan cavalry is elite. Our army can't support it alone. Retreat!" As they were killing happily, they suddenly heard Dong Zunyi's loud orders behind him. He looked back in confusion and saw Dong Zunyi watching groups after groups attacking.  The Khitan cavalry who came up had gloomy expressions on their faces.  "Retreat!" "Get closer!" "Turn! Turn!" The flag officer and the school lieutenant quickly passed on Dong Zunzui's order. The knights turned their horses' heads desperately. The war horses neighed and their iron hoofs hit the non-hard sand.  Deep marks were left on the ground, and the cavalry formation of the mighty warriors suddenly stopped attacking. All the generals were in a hurry when turning. No one wanted to leave the group, and they became the ghosts of the Khitan people in vain.

    The Gongfen cavalry, who were surrounded like a pack of wolves, couldn't help but pounce on and bite them. They took advantage of the opportunity. They bent their bows and arrows from far away, and took advantage of Song's slow speed to fire arrows continuously.  The riding movement slowed down a little, and there was a line of separation between the cavalry brigade, and the Khitan cavalry rushed over with great force, and the&#19968The cavalry of the Song Army rushed over, and the two sides fought as a group, but the large group of heroic cavalry left regardless, while the heroic cavalry left in the Khitan formation was trapped in the formation.

    "Why are you retreating!" Originally, the Xiaowu army and the Khitan people had evenly killed each other, and they rushed deeply into the Khitan army formation. However, they lost hundreds of robes in vain when they retreated. Wen Liang and humbly became bloody in the forest, while crouching down and riding his horse to escape.  He shouted at Dong Zunzhen while shooting at the Khitan who was chasing him.  Dong Zunyi's face turned cold, and he was about to get angry, but when he thought that Lin Zhong was one of his subordinates, he said in a deep voice: "The Khitan people are so numerous and powerful, if they insist on fighting, I'm afraid all these five thousand knights will be lost in the formation!  "When he saw Lin Zhong approaching to listen, he lowered his voice and scolded: "This is Shi Shouxin's plan to kill people with a borrowed sword! You see you are a fierce general, but you have no foresight and only know how to rush and kill. How stupid!" Lin Zhong suddenly realized.  , but there was a fire-like feeling in his chest.

    "Dong Zunjie was ordered to test the strength of the Khitans. The Liao army in the front line was very elite. They were different from the Khitan soldiers who fought in the past. The Xiaowu army also lost nearly a thousand cavalry." Dong Zunjie reported to Shi Shouxin respectfully.  , Shi Shouxin did not look at him, and ordered his subordinates to inform the imperial camp officials about the enemy situation of the Khitans in the front line.  "The Khitan people raised fire to demonstrate last night, and the momentum was arrogant. It seems that reinforcements from Beijing are coming!" Shi Shouxin said with a gloomy face, looking at the smoke and dust in the distance from the horses, as if he wanted to see through the thousands of troops inside.

    The Xiaowu Army's exploratory attack officially kicked off the battle between the two armies. The Liao Army's railing horses began to surpass the Song Army's vanguard formation, running and shouting unscrupulously around the Song Army's left and right horse formations, and even around the rear formation.  The Miyabun cavalry, numbering in groups of seven to eight hundred, continued to attack the vanguard's defense line like a tide.

    All around were the smoke and dust caused by the Liao cavalry. The Anxi army under Chen De's command stayed close together and put down their iron masks. As long as the Liao cavalry dared to approach, the Ya army under the command of the commander of the ten men would concentrate their fire with bows and crossbows.  Target.  Seeing that there was no movement in the imperial camp behind him, Shi Shouxin ordered the vanguard to#38453;The middle cavalry dismounted and formed a strong formation with the infantry, using bows and crossbows to kill the Liao army.  The Liao army's charging into formation was different from that of the Song army. They often ran away as soon as they touched the enemy, but they were extremely accurate in releasing arrows when approaching. Many Song soldiers were killed by arrows in the face.  Behind them, the Forbidden Army spearheaded the formation, and the Chinese army's formation also fired tens of thousands of crossbows to support the front army. As long as the Liao cavalry came even slightly closer, they would be shot like hedgehogs.

    Generals such as Shi Shouxin and Liu Yanrang were veteran generals who were used to fierce battles. Although the Forbidden Army kept screaming and falling around them, they did not show much mercy. They only constantly arranged for commanders with less losses to rotate to the front.  Usually, such battles involving more than 100,000 troops rarely decide the winner in one day. It is impossible for the Liao army to break through the formation of 100,000 forbidden troops with only cavalry.

    Seeing that the Liao army was arrogant and different from the past, Zhao Jiong felt a dark cloud in his heart and said in a deep voice: "The Liao people are relying on reinforcements and want to forcefully enter Youzhou. Who among the generals can defeat it for me?"  Since the Northern Expedition, Zhi had repeatedly defeated the Liao army, and everyone looked down upon the Liao soldiers. Gao Qiong, the commander of Yu Longzhi, was immediately willing to lead his army to defeat the Liao army. Zhao Jiong was overjoyed and ordered him to lead Yu Longzhi's warriors to join the vanguard.  The elite Japanese cavalry from the east and west squads in the formation attacked the enemy formation directly, while the left and right cavalry formations waited for opportunities to flank the Khitan from both sides.

    "Damn it, we have exhausted the Khitan cavalry, and Yulong came straight up to pick up the fruit." Seeing the imperial squadron charging out from behind, Xiaowu Military Colonel Murong Gang cursed.

    When the Khitan Palace Cavalry Division saw cavalry rushing out to fight from the Song Emperor's imperial camp, they immediately abandoned their vanguard formation and retreated temporarily to reorganize their troops, then charged forward and fought together with the imperial cavalry.  Just now, the morale of the northern and southern courtyard armies was low. Now seeing the fierce fighting of the Gong Branch Army, the Khitan Army and the Xi Army also became more energetic. Yelusha took the opportunity to move forward, and the Khitan Army on the left and right came out in full force, with more than 30,000 Khitan cavalry.  Wrapping up more than 10,000 elite cavalrymen of the Song Army, they rolled and fought non-stop.  Zhao Jiong saw the fighting opportunity and personally commanded the Chinese army's imperial camp and vanguard formation to press forward. He advanced with the infantry formation and got close to the cavalry battle.At 12;, the rear formation fired ten thousand crossbows, arrows from the sky were raining down, and arrows from the ground were like hair. The dense crossbow arrows were shot to the ground by the Khitan cavalry galloping around them. At the same time, the two winged cavalry formations came out to suppress the Khitan.  The cavalry flanks were not given the opportunity to escape from the left and right sides, and they could only hurriedly avoid the continuous rain of arrows from the Song Army's crossbow array in the front.

    "Sir, the crossbows of the Southern Dynasty army are very powerful, please allow us to retreat for a moment! At least we can save some seeds for the soldiers and horses of the North Court!" Xiao Taogu, the commander of the North Court Army, was hit by an arrow in his shoulder. He had no time to take out the arrow, but he still  He shouted for a fierce battle, but when he saw that the Beiyuan Army under his command suffered heavy casualties under the Song Army's crossbow attack, he had the intention to retreat.  The Khitan army has not yet broken away from the nomadic tribe base. The Beiyuan army was repeatedly defeated by the imperial army, and many warriors were killed and injured. For the Beiyuan tribe, it was an unbearable loss.  As the prime minister of the South Courtyard, Yelusha had the fewest soldiers and horses of the South Courtyard under his command at this time. Seeing that all the generals of the North Courtyard looked at him with complicated expressions, he had to nod his head and said: "I will lead the cavalry of the palace to block the Song Dynasty for you."  Army. You have to retreat for the time being to reorganize your troops. You must fight back immediately. Otherwise, I can't control you. Lord Yelu Xiu's sword can control you!" He used the new North Court King Yelu Xiu to suppress these North Court soldiers.  The generals and generals all obeyed the orders and went back to pull back their troops and horses. They were out of the range of the Song's crossbows, reorganized their troops and horses, and deployed a second line of defense.  Yelusha, on the other hand, led the palace branch army and the south courtyard cavalry to resist three sides of the Song army's cavalry. They continued to retreat under the pressure of the Song army's crossbow array, until they joined up with the Khitan north courtyard army who retreated first.  All the Khitan generals also knew that this battle involved the fate of the country. They were as high as King Yelvxiu of the Northern Court. They also personally went to the danger to attack the Song army's retreat. They all urged their subordinates to fight to the death until they could no longer hold on, and then they divided their troops in the palace.  Under cover, retreat and reorganize your troops.  In this cycle, the Khitan army retreated without defeat under the attack of the Song imperial army, and fought hard until dark.

    An official familiar with the situation in the Liao Kingdom came to report that among the Liao troops in front of him was the flag of the Liao Emperor's Palace Guards Division号, which made Zhao Jiong very excited and believed that the Khitan army in front of him was the final reinforcement Youzhou was waiting for.  So he constantly dispatched the elite soldiers from the middle army and even the rear formation to the front formation, hoping to defeat the Khitan army in front of him in one fell swoop. The Youzhou defenders did not think about it, but they did not expect that there were dense mountains and forests on the side and rear of the Song army's formation.  Among them, thousands of Liao cavalry were leading their horses to watch the decisive battle between the Song army and the main force of the Khitan.  Brother Yelvxiu's face was as solid as iron. He saw that Zhao Jiong had repeatedly mobilized the Chinese army, but the Song and Liao armies were still in a stalemate. When the sky turned dark, Brother Yelvxiu finally ordered: "Raise the fire!"  Moving with the sound, more than 5,000 horsemen each held two torches, running back and forth in the dense forest, shouting to kill, and the mountains and plains were filled with swaying fire heads. This time the palace branch army carried several times the number of drums and drums.  Ringing the bells together, Hujia responded with a loud sound, and the momentum was overwhelming.

    From the perspective of the soldiers in the rear formation of the Song Army, the Liao troops attacking from the rear were extremely powerful, as if there were tens of thousands of cavalry. The soldiers in the rear formation, who had been delayed by the fierce battle in the front formation, felt their hearts sink at the same time.  He was the first to bear the brunt, "It's over!"

    The flickering fire of the Liao cavalry spread very far in the night. Not only the rear formation, but also the vanguard formation where Chen De was located could be clearly seen. The experienced veteran Shi Shouxin immediately ordered: "The Liao people have  Fraud, the whole army is on alert, be careful of ambushes!" At this moment, even Liu Yanrang had a look of extreme vigilance on his face, and he picked up the iron mace on the saddle in his hand.  Shi Shouxin had already sent thousands of warrior cavalry in the vanguard formation forward to fight. At this moment, there were only more than 2,000 guards left surrounding these veteran generals of the Song Dynasty who had experienced many battles.

    As if in response to Shi Shouxin's words, the Liao ambush did not come out from behind. Instead, a Khitan cavalry force of more than ten thousand riders appeared on the flanks. They raised the flag of the South Court King Yelu Xiezhen and broke through the surrounding Song army.  He blocked the enemy and attacked Zhao Jiong's position with all his might.

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