Chapter 303 Wrong Decision Mysterious Cavalry
At this time, Cui Yanjin, the deputy envoy, suddenly said, "General, I think that your majesty is wise and decisive and let me wait for the soldiers to go in three ways. Such plans are ingenious, but our army retreats all the way, and the other two armies are bravely advancing. I'm afraid that our army will fall behind. At this time, my subordinates think that Brother Yelu Xiu is not leading More than ten thousand people stuck to the gate. In the past, outside the water, they were still forced to retreat and kill thousands of people. Now our army has given grain and fodder. Why don't we take advantage of the victory to pursue and take straight to Youzhou?
Lu Bin, his general, also said, "The general is a famous founding general. How can he be so afraid of Liao this expedition? I have 100,000 lions here in the Song Dynasty. How can I be defeated by more than 10,000 people? The last general is not talented. He is willing to get five days of food and grass and break through Zhuozhou!"
Cao Bin pondered for a while and asked, "Your Majesty's holy intention is to let me wait here for the middle and the West Road army, and then attack Youzhou. But you are right. As ministers, we must share your worries for you. You all have loved heart. How can I, Cao Bin, be a shrinking turtle and be bullied by others? After the order, all the soldiers only have five days of rations. We will die and live, fight quickly, and conquer Youzhou as soon as possible!"
The enmity that the army has accumulated over the past few days, coupled with the success of the middle road and the West Road army in the past few days, made the generals see that the Liao army had been weak for a long time and vulnerable. In the end, all the emotions broke out at this moment. Almost all the generals were indignant and asked for orders and threatened to sweep Liaoning with thousands of soldiers and horses. Army, let the Liao army also taste this defeat. In this way, Cao Bin's heart for victory was added. Everyone held the mood of winning for a moment and hurried on the road to Zhuozhou.
Although it was April weather at this time, it was already very hot. In addition, it had been disturbed many days and had not slept well for days. The soldiers complained a lot, but these voices could not reach the ears of those angry generals.
Along the way, Yelu Xiuge kept sending ambusters to harass the Song army, set up roadblocks, dug ditches, and did everything. After four days and four nights of complaints, the Song army finally traveled about 30 miles outside the city. A messenger quickly reported to Cao Bin: "There was news from the scout in front that Yelu Xiuge was in front of the door. After waiting for a long time, the Liao army listed behind him was about 15,000, and he was the last remaining soldiers in the city.
"Good!" Cao Bin raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It seems that Brother Yelu Xiu is also going to fight to the death with me outside the city. Unexpectedly, he sent all his troops out against me against me. I didn't think it was ten!"
Cui Yanjin, who was beside Cao Bin, immediately hugged his fist and asked, "Mada, Brother Yelu Xiu gathered all outside the city with 15,000 troops to fight against our army. I'm afraid it's fraudulent. After all, when there are few people, it is more advantageous to stick to the city. I think that the scouts should be allowed to explore further and then make a final determination.
Cao Bin smiled and said, "General Cui's words are not false, but this is exactly what Brother Yelu Xiu thought. You know, his troops are too few at this moment. If he can't close the city, he will show weakness. On the one hand, the morale of the army will not be increased, and on the other hand, he will fight to the death. He will fight outside the city. His Liao cavalry is superior to our army. It is easier to escape, and it can give us a kind of He hinted that the reinforcements of the Liaoning army had arrived, forcing our army to be unable to move forward and could only retreat. Yelu Xiu was indeed a famous general in Liaoning. I admired this courage, but it was not a show on the battlefield. If he wanted to be so brave and righteous, I would have achieved him!"
While speaking, the scouts in the west have reported, claiming that the West Road is not invincible, while the East Road said that 2,000 Liao cavalry were found, which should be elite from the equipment and the physique of each soldier. Cao Bin believed that this was just the last trump card left by Yelu Xiuge when he fled for his life. Knowing that there was no reinforcement, Cao Bin immediately waved his hand and captured Zhuozhou, right now!
The knife and shield hand in the middle covered the bow and strode forward. After fleeing for their lives, a large number of infantry gathered into a phalanx and moved forward step by step. The cavalry divided into two roads and surrounded both sides of the army.
Seeing that Cao Bin's troops began to rush towards him, Yelu Xiu immediately ordered that his 3,000 elite iron riders were not afraid of Cao Bin's large number of cavalry charging, but they did not divide the troops into two groups, but directly attacked the left-wing cavalry. A large number of Liao iron horses clamped/tightened their horses and rushed towards the Song army. At the same time, , they have picked up the bow in their hands and fastened the arrow feathers.
Obviously, the number of people is three levels less than that of the Song army, but in this wave of confrontation, the Liao people's riding and shooting are different. Both the strength and accuracy are far better than the Song army. With only one wave of riding and shooting, the Song army was torn apart. The elite troops of the Liao army bypassed the Chinese infantry and rushed directly towards the Song army's battalion!
Cao Bin did not panic when he got the news. He knew that there were heavy troops here, and this force could not be attacked at all. He was not panicked at all, thinking that as long as a large number of troops came to Zhuozhou, they could retake the city again. The Liaoning cavalry was still far away from Cao Bin, and a large group of archers had fired sharp arrows at them!
Sure enough, when this group of Liao iron riders saw that they were about to be surrounded by a large group of troops of the Song army, they immediately turned around and withdrew without hesitation. Looking at the group of Liao people who were still rampaging and can only escape with their tails now, Cao Bin shook his head with a smile and said, "I know that this is just a bluff of Yelu Xiu. With this kind of troops, do you want to break through our army? It's a fool's dream!"
Li Jixuan, the general, immediately held his fist and said, "The Liao people bullied me in the Song Dynasty so much that the last general was willing to take 5,000 light horses to take the life of Yelu Xiuge!"
Cao Bin nodded and agreed. Li Jixuan immediately took the order, then turned over his horse, personally nodded his old department, and ran all the way with him. Cao Bin watched the array with the rest of the generals, and then discussed for a moment. With a wave of his hand, tens of thousands of infantry went straight to Zhuozhou Gate. Within a moment, he had already entered Zhuozhou.
Li Jixuan is worthy of being a fierce general. He chased the 3,000 cavalry all the way with 5,000 cavalry all the way. At the same time, he carefully observed the retreat route of Yelu Xiuge. What surprised him was that Yelu Xiuge retreated slowly to the west of Zhuozhou without any panic, while the 3,000 cavalry retreated to the east, which was also in a line. In a way, it doesn't seem to be defeated and fled in a hurry. On the other hand, because the soldiers he led were on their way day and night, and they were ambushed by Yelu Xiuge all the way, they were already exhausted. If it hadn't been for the strict military discipline, I'm afraid that someone would have turned over to get off the horse, take off their armor, throw away their weapons, and fall asleep on the ground.
The deeper he chased, the more he felt that the situation was wrong. At this time, the 2,000 Liao elite reported by the detective just appeared in sight. Li Jixuan did not dare to show off. At this time, the number of enemies and us were the same. He did not dare to take the risk of chasing. When he was about to retreat, he suddenly found that the 3,000 cavalry continued to retreat, and the two Thousands of cavalry rushed towards themselves!
I will ignore you, and 2,000 of you will fall down on my tiger whiskers! Li Jixuan originally believed that 5,000 people rushed together, and he was afraid that he could not make it, but at this moment, there were only 2,000 horses. No matter how fierce the other party was, he would fight against two. He had a chance of winning. Thinking of this, he shouted, "Brothers, fight for our anger these days!" While talking, one person and one horse took the lead to rush up. Seeing that Li Jixuan was so brave and morale was greatly boosted, they immediately rushed up with him.
It's strange that the other party clearly has only about 2,000 riders, but every step they take makes people feel that the earth is trembling, like tens of thousands of iron riders running wildly on the plain, which is towering. But in any case, the other side only had 2,000 cavalry, and he had given orders, so naturally he could not change his words. Li Jixuan was just stunned and then continued to rush towards these two thousand people desperately.
The more than 2,000 riders could have such power before they came into contact. After everyone approached, they felt a feeling of landslides and cracks. With this momentum, they directly shocked the horses of the soldiers led by Li Jixuan!
Slowly, the 2,000 cavalry sat down on the horses and began to accelerate and charge. At this moment, there was a thunderous roar in the sky. At this moment, these cavalry seemed to be a flash of lightning, rushing madly towards the 5,000 people led by Li Jixuan!
At this moment, the wind and lightning thundered, which was an unprecedented force. The cavalry of the Song Dynasty tried to restrain unprecedented fear and desperately urged the sitting horses to move. At this moment, they were under greater pressure than in the past. The bloody wind that used to be on the battlefield was just a momentary thing. They actually felt a cold sweat behind them when the enemy charged towards them!
30 feet, 20 feet, 10 feet, the 2,000 riders came like lightning and launched the first wave of attacks on Li Jixuan's team. Raise the long gun and move forward bravely. Seeing that they sat down and the horses without moving at all, the Song soldiers quickly took off their bows and arrows and launched the first wave of riding shots at these thousand people, but unexpectedly, most of these arrows were bounced away by a mysterious force, and those who successfully shot did nothing at all. The injured soldiers even They didn't move, as if they didn't know the pain by nature.
"Mom, did we hit evil today?" Li Jixuan was furious. He shouted angrily and woke up the horse he had been sitting on for many years. He rushed up and directly hit a mysterious cavalry.
At the moment when he was stabbed, he was stunned. Until now, he understood why the bow and arrow he had just shot were useless. At the moment when he entered the man's shoulder, he saw an indifferent face without any emotion, as if he were born a living dead. Then, the long gun was directly twisted and broken by the man, leaving only half of the gun left in Li Jixuan's hand!