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Volume 7: Joking about drinking the blood of Huns Chapter 42: Cold Arrow

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    #22823; King Yelu Xiezhen is a rare hero among the Khitan people. He was recommended by the Northern Court Privy Councilor Xiao Siwen and the emperor Yelu Xian and was put into use. He was highly regarded and ordered to control the armies in the southwest. He was a supporter of Queen Xiao Chuo's line.  An important figure, he originally stationed troops to confront the Song army at the victory point. As long as the Song army did not attack, he also strictly prohibited his subordinates from provoking the Song army.  The Song army gradually began to despise him and only used partial troops to monitor him.  The person who led 30,000 imperial troops to garrison the north of Youzhou and monitor Gubeikou and Deshengkou was Mizhou defense envoy Ma Renyu.

    Zhao Jiong strictly ordered all ministries to guard the forts and not let the Liao troops enter to aid Youzhou. Ma Renyu followed the imperial edict and guarded the fortresses that blocked the Liao troops from entering to aid Youzhou wholeheartedly.  Military reports came from the other side of the Gaoliang River. Luo Rui, the captain of the Zhenwu Army, suggested: "The imperial camp and the Liao army have been fighting for a whole day without deciding the outcome. Now is a critical moment. Why don't Lord Ma lead our troops to attack the flank of the Liao army?"  , establishing the victory in one fell swoop." Ma Renyu was also a veteran general who entered the Song Dynasty from the Zhou Dynasty. Hearing this, his face darkened and he said: "The officials have clearly ordered our troops to block the peripheral Liao army from entering to aid Youzhou. How can we abandon the camp?  Doing things without authorization." He scolded Luo Rui.

    Yelu Xiezhen only sent part of the Nanyuan Army to bluff in front of the Song army's camp, while he led 10,000 cavalry to the battlefield where Yelusha and the Song Emperor fought decisively.  At this time, Zhao Jiong has sent all the cavalry in the vanguard formation, the Ce vanguard formation, and the left and right cavalry formations to fight. The more than 30,000 crane-controlling troops and Hujie troops in the Chinese army's formation also fought with the Liao army led by Yelusea.  The army and cavalry were entangled.

    Seeing that Zhao Jiong's imperial camp army was just in front, the front of the crossbow formation, which the Khitan soldiers were deeply afraid of, was tilting towards the north and raining arrows. On the flanks, there were only a few thin rows of sword and shield hands facing the outside of the formation on guard. Yelu squinted and his heart dropped.  Overjoyed, he drew out the iron sword from his waist and shouted loudly: "The Emperor of Song threw himself into a trap to exaggerate the prestige of the Liao Dynasty. He will kill him in one fell swoop today!" In the past few days, the Nanyuan army had not suffered any losses in the fight with the Forbidden Army.  Yelu Xiezhen stayed in the camp under strict orders. At this moment, his morale was greatly boosted. They abandoned their torches one after another and galloped forward with their horses, 一Bending their bows and setting arrows, tens of thousands of cavalrymen rushed from east to west like a violent storm, heading straight for the brightly lit yellow umbrella cover of Zhao Jiong's imperial camp.

    After Brother Yeluxiu's men raised fire to make a bluff, Cui Han, the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, hurriedly dispatched twenty commanding crane-controlling troops from the front formation to strengthen the rear formation. Unexpectedly, the Liao cavalry was looking at it on the left, and suddenly it was on the right, coming from the east.  The flanks came out. At this time, the crossbowmen in the front formation were already weak after being mobilized. Cui Han had to mobilize another twenty commanding crossbowmen from the rear formation to strengthen the flanks to guard.  After firing two or three arrows, the Liao cavalry forward shouted and collided with the sword-and-shield spearmen on guard in the east.

    "His grandma's fault," Liu Yanrang looked angrily at the Liao soldiers attacking the imperial camp. "When did the Khitan dogs learn to cheat?" Shi Shouxin looked coldly at the eager faces of his subordinates and said in a deep voice.  : "The official decree is that our troops must strictly guard our formation and prevent the Liao army in front of us from rushing directly into the imperial camp. Anyone who dares to act rashly will be killed!" There was a hint of chill in the words.  Chen De looked thoughtfully at Shi Shouxin, whose face was as sinking as water, and then looked at the north of the formation. The Liao and Song soldiers and horses were circling around to invite attack. Tens of thousands of Song army's elite infantry and cavalry cooperated, and the Khitans were beaten.  Retreating steadily, it is impossible to have any remaining strength to attack the imperial camp at this moment.

    Southeast of Youzhou, Cao Han had stopped attacking the city. He stood on the high platform of the fortress and looked at the fireworks in the sky over the Gaoliang River in the west. The shouts of killing became more and more intense.  "General Cao, do you want to assist His Majesty's imperial camp?" Cao Han hesitated for a long time, looked up at the tall city walls of Youzhou, and then looked at the dark mountains in the northwest. He shook his head and said: "The officials strictly ordered all ministries to guard the camp and not use it.  The Liao soldiers are coming to aid Youzhou." He paused and then said in a deep voice: "I am ordering the entire army to put on armor and organize themselves. Once there is an official order, they will immediately go to the rescue."

    At this moment, under the yellow umbrella of the imperial camp, Zhao Jiong looked with trepidation at the desperate struggle between the infantry of the He Controlling Army in the east and the Liao Army in the South Campus. Since the Northern Expedition, watching the battle at such a close distance was, for him24; This was the first time. I have to say that the scene of blood and flesh was quite shocking. It was rare for the Liao people to rush straight into the Song army's formation regardless of life and death. There were five or six hundred horsemen in a group, but the momentum seemed to be thousands.  The sound of killing, the sound of horse hooves, and the clanging of armor are a hundred times more exciting than during the review. Every time they attack, the sound of killing is loud. Before they can reach the enemy, there is a hail of arrows fired by the cavalry.  Many of the crane-controlling soldiers who were still in the formation screamed and fell to the ground after being hit by arrows before they saw the enemy. Just a few moments later, like a stormy sea crashing on the shore, the ground antlers set up by the crane-controlling army on the east side had long been trampled.  At the end of the day, the Khitan cavalry drove their horses straight into the forest of swords and spears of the Song army. At this point in the battle, both sides of the war had no intention of saving themselves. They all seized every opportunity to make the other party bleed more and fight for their own.  Demanding the maximum compensation for their lives, many of the soldiers who controlled the cranes screamed and fell to the ground without even distinguishing the appearance of the Liao man who stabbed them to death, and were trampled to pieces by the Khitans' iron hooves and their own people.  Gradually, as the defense line on the east side became thinner and thinner, Zhao Jiong's face began to turn a little pale, and his lips became a little blue. For the first time, he regretted the decision of the imperial commander to fight in person.

    "Cui Qing, the enemy forces on the flanks are strong, quickly mobilize troops to reinforce them!" Zhao Jiong finally couldn't bear the fear of death and directly issued an order to Cui Han, who was commanding the battlefield.  "Your Majesty," Cui Han was a little embarrassed. The strength of the imperial camp's main formation was already extremely thin. "There are still Khitan troops watching from behind." "If it's empty, it's real. If it's real, it's empty. If you can't, show what you can do. If you can, show what you can't.  . We have been fighting fiercely for a long time, couldn't Cui Qing see that it was the Liao people's old suspicion formation?" Zhao Jiong could no longer suppress his emotions and became furious, thinking in his heart, "What a mediocre general!" But looking at Zhao Jiong  With a sinister look in his eyes, Cui Han did not dare to persist, so he turned around and ordered: "Move 5,000 crane-controlling troops from the rear array to strengthen to the east side. Be sure not to allow the enemy cavalry to come in due to conflict!" He looked at the flag officer following the flag sign.  After the order was passed, ten commanders of the crane-controlling army hurried from the formation behind the palace to the east side. They were originally shaken by the impact of the Khitan army in the south courtyard&#27442The falling east wing finally stabilized again. Zhao Jiong felt calm and breathed a sigh of relief.

    Brother Yeluxiu saw that the Song Dynasty imperial camp was drawing troops from the rear array again. At the same time, he took a deep breath. The cool night air could not calm his boiling blood. He pulled out the scimitar from his waist and shouted almost loudly: "All the troops  The first attack was to kill the Emperor of Song Dynasty!" Before the guards around him could react, he picked up the reins of the horse and rushed over. The horse just started to gallop. Brother Yeluxiu thought it was not fast, so he whipped it several times.  , stimulating the horse power to the extreme, the trees, mountains and rocks on both sides, as well as the guards beside him, all seemed to disappear. He pointed forward with his blade, and only in front of his eyes was the Song Army's imperial camp. Under the brightly lit yellow umbrella, there was the Song Emperor he wanted.  Head!

    Five thousand of the most elite underground palace cavalry troops have been waiting here like hungry wolves, waiting for this opportunity. They howled loudly in excitement, some threw their torches, some still clung to the torches, some took their bows and arrows, and some  But he kept waving his scimitar. All the commanders knew that this was an opportunity gained by tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers fighting to the death all day long. They did not bother to rectify their subordinates and rushed to follow Brother Yeluxiu. Behind the commanders  , more Gongfen cavalrymen pushed their horses hard and struggled to catch up. Five thousand cavalrymen poured down like the most violent mountain torrent.

    Brother Yelvxiu leaned tightly on the horse and felt his thigh was hit, but he felt no pain at all. He did not look at the injury at all and just kept urging the horse until the frightened and pale faces of the Song Army in the rear were clearly visible.  You can even hear their beating heartbeats.  "Kill!" At the last moment, he gently moved the horse's head, avoiding a spear, and rode in between the two Song soldiers. He swung his scimitar down and a head rolled off.  Behind Brother Yelvxiu, the Khitan cavalry attacked the Song Army's rear formation one after another. The elite warriors of Gongfen were riding on powerful horses, and both men and horses were wearing iron armor. Although the crane-controlling troops in the rear formation were also well-armored, they were caught off guard and managed to resist, but suffered a loss.  Not small.  There are also many Khitan cavalry troops在 Under the leadership of the commander, they tried to bypass the rear formation and attack Zhao Jiong's army directly. Even if they could not break in, they kept firing arrows at the conspicuous yellow Luo umbrella cover.

    "Kill Zhao Jiong!" "Kill Zhao Jiong!" The Khitan soldiers who came to the front of the formation shouted loudly in Chinese while charging and shooting arrows. Zhao Jiong himself looked at the rear formation with a livid face as they fought hard, as if in this flash flood  The impact like a raging wave tore it apart immediately.  Because the troops at the rear are getting thinner and thinner, they are getting closer and closer to the main formation of the Chinese army. At this moment, Brother Yelvxiu, with all his strength, can't rush through the rear formation a hundred steps away with his elite troops. The situation is even more tragic than just now. The Khitan soldiers are  The sound of shouting reached Zhao Jiong's ears very clearly.

    "Cui Qing, quickly dispatch the Chinese army to support the rear formation!" He ordered loudly. Before he finished speaking, a cold arrow struck. Before the guards around Zhao Jiong could react, it hit the official's thigh.  "Ah!" Zhao Jiong was shocked rather than in pain. Although he had heard and witnessed his eldest brother being injured countless times in battles since he was a child, he himself had never suffered any minor injuries. This cold arrow from the Khitan people frightened him.  He broke into a cold sweat, and a heartbreaking pain came immediately. Seeing the gurgling blood, Zhao Jiong's face was like gold paper, and he actually pointed at the arrow and was speechless.  All I could see was the overwhelming number of Liao soldiers brandishing spears and scimitars, with flames shooting into the sky, and cold arrows flying in random directions. All I could hear were the screams of the Song soldiers and the Liao soldiers' shouts of "Kill Zhao Jiong!" "Kill Zhao Jiong!"  . Even though Cui Han kept asking for orders from him and the imperial doctor wrapped up his injuries, he didn't even notice.

    "General Cui, the situation is urgent. You must quickly escort His Majesty away from this dangerous place. I, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army, will still hold on here to attract the Liao army to attack!" Looking at Cui Han who was helpless, the Jiedushi envoy of the Returned Army, who had been silent,  Gao Huaide, who is also the Imperial Attendant and Grand Master of the School, said, He looked to the north, where Shi Shouxin and other senior generals had been reining in their troops to watch the battle.  Gao Huaide had been a general in the Forbidden Army since the Zhou Dynasty, and he knew the thoughts of the generals very well.  In this critical situation, Shi Shouxin and other senior generals who can control the army to turn the tide stand aside and do not ask80; I know that I have deliberately trapped Your Majesty in a dangerous situation. It is best to be killed by the Liao people, so that they can take the opportunity to support Zhao Dezhao and bring justice to Zhao Kuangyin.  However, the generals who rose up in the Forbidden Army such as Pan Mei and Cao Han did not have the courage to step forward.  Gao Huaide married the Zhao brothers' sister, Princess Yan, and his son Gao Qiong served as the direct commander of the imperial dragon in Zhao Jiong's palace. His wealth and life were firmly tied to the royal family. Naturally, he did not want Shi Shouxin and other Zhao Kuangyin's brothers with different surnames.  Make another emperor.  For the current plan, as long as the officials and families are protected, even if all the more than 200,000 troops are abandoned on the banks of the Gaoliang River under Youzhou City, they will not hesitate.

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