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    Ten arrows killed six people and injured two, all of whom were Liao generals.

    The battlefield instantly became quiet, and even Dong Ping and Arich, who were fighting like lanterns in the middle, stopped.

    Chao Yong pointed his overlord bow at Yelu Dezhong and Yelu Dashi behind the battlefield, and said: "This is just a small punishment for you. If you dare to cross the river, there will be more punishment waiting for you."

    After saying that, he turned his horse's head and said to Dong Ping: "Let's go."

    The generals of the Liao Kingdom watched Chao Yong and the others heading south unhurriedly, but no one dared to pursue them. The Yuanbaizi who were surrounded behind them did not dare to step forward to stop them when they saw Chao Yong's power.

    Yelu Dezhong looked at the three knights who were shot through, including their horses and men. He shook his head and said, "I didn't expect there to be such powerful bows and arrows in the world. Their lethality is almost the same as the small crossbows of the Southerners."

    Yelu Dashi couldn¡¯t say that Yelu¡¯s general order was wrong at this time. He could only say: ¡°Although the crown prince of the Liang Kingdom really has the courage to overlord, the Liang Kingdom relies on the soldiers of the three armies to fight. He alone cannot affect the overall situation.¡±

    "Lin Ya is right. The emperor has already arrived in Zhuozhou. As soon as the emperor arrives, we will send troops to attack Xiongzhou and then take revenge for today."

    Yelv Dezhong ordered the remaining generals to rescue the two injured people and return to the camp for treatment, while the ten corpses were handed over to Yuanlanzi.

    Yelv Dezhong was also a little lucky that he sent his four sons north to meet the emperor, otherwise he would have lost a few of them here today.

    After walking for a while, Dong Ping saw that the war horse under his crotch was foaming at the mouth, so he pulled the Yelu National Treasure war horse that he had just held in front of him and jumped directly from the horse.

    Yelu Guobao's war horse is the same as his brother's. This silver-maned horse is better than Dong Ping's mount.

    "Prince, why didn't you take advantage of the situation and kill Yelu Dashi and that Liao general just now?"

    Chao Yong still felt that his arms were a little weak at this time. He shook his head and said: "I shot ten arrows in a row, but I can't use the Overlord Bow anymore. If I rush over, the Liao dogs will inevitably escape if they can't be beaten. It will be difficult to chase them. Moreover,  You can¡¯t afford to fight anymore, right?¡±

    In order to increase the rate of fire, Chao Yong removed all the mechanisms on the divine arm bow, but this also made it more difficult to draw the bow.  Chao Yong once tried it. He could only pull the bow thirty times in a row at most, and his arms would become sore and numb.  Today, he only pulled it a dozen times, and his arms were sore and numb, showing the wear and tear of the continuous arrows.

    So although he still had a pot of spare arrows, he could only put them away when the time came.

    Dong Ping heard that Chao Yong was considering him.  He was also a little excited in his heart. He fought with Yelu Guozhen for more than fifty rounds, and fought with Yelu Guobao for more than ten rounds. The war horse could no longer bear it.  And Arich, who was the last to fight, was even more skilled in martial arts, and they had just fought for a while.  There is a situation of being suppressed. I am afraid that he may not be his opponent when he is in his heyday.  If we continue to fight, we will definitely lose.

    Hua Rong said: "The Liao soldiers did not station troops and horses on the south bank to protect the pontoon. We can destroy the pontoon in a surprise attack and prevent the Liao soldiers from going south."

    Chao Yong shook his head and said: "Destroying the pontoon will only delay the Liao soldiers for a few days. Now the domestic situation is complicated. I just received news on the way north. Tong Guan killed Fang La and other Manichaean leaders, and introduced another one  The descendants of Song Taizu became the emperor, and the capital was Suzhou. They said that the descendants of Song Taizu were the orthodox of the Song Dynasty, and they refused to obey Zhao Ji's decree. We don't have time to fight with the Liao Kingdom.  Only when we can wait for them to cross the river and give them a painful blow will they no longer dare to covet us. "

    Dong Ping suddenly said: "Actually, we can find a way to use black powder to blow up the Liao general."

    Chao Yong said curiously: "We also have no way of knowing the formation of the Liao soldiers, and we can't plant gunpowder in advance."

    Dong Ping said with a smile: "There is no need to bury them in advance. There are tunnels everywhere between Xiongzhou and Baigou River, and the gunpowder can be adjusted at any time. However, it is a bit difficult to correspond to the position underground and above the ground, and to quickly notify the people underground.  ¡±

    The tunnel Dong Ping is talking about is the Song-Liao border tunnel, known as the Great Underground Wall of China. It is rumored that it was built by Yang Liulang and Yang Yanzhao when they were guarding the border, covering the area from Xiongzhou to Bazhou.  There are also caves and caves where many soldiers and horses can be hidden. Even if the Liao soldiers enter, it will be difficult to distinguish their direction.

    Messages can be conveyed safely through tunnels, and soldiers and horses from the two states can also support each other underground without worrying about being robbed by Liao soldiers midway.

    The entire tunnel is made of blue bricks of uniform specifications, which is comparable to the Great Wall.  There are narrow holes, confusing lanes, flaps, gates and other military facilities that can resist the invading Liao soldiers and horses.  There are also living facilities such as ventilation holes, lampstands, water storage tanks, and earth pits, allowing soldiers and civilians to live in them for a period of time.

    The Underground Great Wall and the Water Great Wall are important passes on the Hebei Plain, and the Song Army relied on theirThese two things resisted the Liao soldiers' southward march.

    Chao Yong also heard what Lu Junyi said about the Xiongzhou tunnel. He smiled and said: "We can agree with the Liao Kingdom on a location for the decisive battle, narrow the scope, and then mark the location on the ground and the tunnel section by section. After observing the location of the Liao generals, we can then  Inform the troops to the corresponding tunnel."

    Dong Ping thought for a while and said: "We all know the location of the tunnel's exit. It's just that after entering the tunnel, it's hard to correspond to the location on the ground. How to mark it in sections?"

    Chao Yong thought for a while, the tunnel must be twists and turns, and you can't hear the sound inside. If you want to mark the locations of the tunnel and the ground segment by segment, you can only use a clumsy way to calculate segment by segment, which will consume a lot of manpower.  Material resources may not be accurate yet.  If something goes wrong, the gunpowder is likely to be wasted, and then the Liao army may be attacked.

    After all, although five hundred kilograms of black powder is very powerful, the coverage area will not be too large. As long as the marking position is slightly deviated in the direction, the final position may deviate greatly.  The most important thing is that the Liao Kingdom has sentries everywhere in Yuanbaizi. If the location of the tunnel is measured on a large scale, most of the Liao people will be able to guess that it is a trap, and naturally they will not respond foolishly.

    Of course, it is also possible that the power of gunpowder directly shocked the Liao people. After all, the explosion of five hundred kilograms of black gunpowder would definitely be earth-shattering.

    But it may also be seen through by the Liao people. After all, gunpowder was widely used in the Song Dynasty. Although the explosion was not powerful, it would leave the smell of gunpowder, which is easy to think of as gunpowder.  What's more, Hu Yanzhuo had already used black gunpowder to attack the city in the Gyeonggi area. Now it is widely spread in the country that Daliang has real thunder cannons, which sound like thunder and shatter the sky and the earth.

    "If the bombing did not kill the Liao general, but caused the Liao general to covet him and attack Xiongzhou fiercely, I am afraid that 50,000 soldiers and horses would have to pay a heavy price.

    Now it is time to use troops in Daliang. Chao Yong does not want to lose too many troops here, so this strategy cannot be used.
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