Chapter 275 Divide the troops

Although the heavy armor was in its body, the marching speed of the Zhenxi Army was still very fast, coming and going like the wind. It only took half a day to reach Huanzhou.

In those years, the stone thief dedicated the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to the Khitan people in order to enjoy glory. From then on, the people of Huanzhou City have been bullied by the Khitan people for generations.

Therefore, seeing that the Song army was fearless, when Yang Yanzhao and others entered the city, countless ragged civilians clapped their hands on the streets, as if they were welcoming the triumphant army. The scene was very lively.

The army has been divided into two ways, going to Shuozhou and Yingzhou. There are only two battalions of soldiers guarding in Huanzhou City. The military situation was urgent. Yang Yanzhao asked the left-behind lieutenant for a few questions, and then continued to lead the army north with Deng Hu to occupy a favorable terrain before the Khitans were killed, so as to completely annihilate the enemy.

After 30 miles out of the city, the night was getting thicker and darker. Yang Yanzhao called Deng Hu and asked him to stop the soldiers and horses behind him. He took the terrain map handed over by Xiao Muchun and looked at it a few times and said, "General Deng, if you go north, there are plains, and there is no steep valleys. It seems that you can't find a suitable place for you and me to set up an ambush."

Deng Hu was also in a ring lock, but unlike his generals, he did not bring the helmet that was so closed that only a pair of eyes were exposed outside. Hearing Yang Yanzhao's words, he strangled the reins in his hand, leaned aside, and stared at the terrain map.

"Brother Yang is right. It's only a hundred miles away from Yunzhou, but they haven't met the enemy. I think it's the Khitan people who haven't sent troops yet. What should we do now?"

Although Deng Hu was very anxious and wanted to fight the enemy, he became more and more calm after sending troops. Perhaps it was this calmness that made him the most elite cavalry commander in the Song Dynasty.

"It's a little strange. Huanzhou was captured by our dynasty. Shuozhou and Yingzhou were in an emergency. How could the Khitan people not move at all? Our army was divided into two roads. There were not many soldiers and horses left in Huanzhou. Khitan naturally noticed this. If they recaptured Huanzhou City, they would cut off the grain and fodder of the army on the West Road and attack it from the back. The West Road will definitely collapse and disperse.

With that, Yang Yanzhao closed the map and turned around, "Brother Xiao, you take people forward to spy on the situation. The others get off the horse and rest in place!"

Although the military order was issued by Yang Yanzhao, the Zhenxi Army completely followed it. Even Deng Hu did not feel anything wrong. Ten thousand people rested on the horses in the night, silent with a murderous atmosphere, which was completely different from the noise and abuse in the past.

It's really a murderous blade!

Sitting under the dead tree by the road, Yang Yanzhao looked at the dark sky in the distance and was silent. Deng Hu threw the reins in his hand aside and walked to him, "Brother Yang, what are you thinking?"

"I haven't worn armor for a long time, and I just feel a little uncomfortable."

When he came to his senses, Yang Yanzhao smiled and then patted his chest. The sound of the lock armor was particularly crisp in the night.

Hearing the words, Deng Hu also grinned and said, "Brother Yang, you literati are just pretentious. Is it because you want to go to the battlefield, and there are some feelings in your heart that are difficult to express?"

In the past few days, he has been familiar with Deng Hu. Yang Yanzhao knew that this guy was also a joke, so he stared at him and ignored him. The latter scratched his head uninterestingly and smiled.

About half an hour, he heard the sound of horses' hoofs coming. Deng Hu suddenly jumped up from the top and picked up the phoenix-billed knife hanging beside the horse. The soldiers of the western army took out their long guns one after another, full of vigilance.

"Oh..."

The man turned over and dismount his horse at dozens of feet, with a little urgency in his voice, "Sir, I found the camp of the Khitan people thirty miles ahead!"

Hearing the news, Yang Yanzhao frowned. Why did the Khitan people camp 60 miles away from Huanzhou City? With the benefits of their cavalry's rapid march, they can gallop to the city and regain Huanzhou City.

"That's great. It's just right to catch him off guard!"

On the side, Deng Hu said happily, but in addition to being happy, he still asked Xiao Muchun about the enemy. He learned that there were about tens of thousands of Khitan people in front of him, and the smile on his face gradually turned into solemnity.

"Brother Xiao, are you sure it's tens of thousands of people?"

Xiao Muchun nodded and said, "I'm afraid of disturbing the Khitan people, so I didn't dare to approach, but the tent of the camp is at least less than 30,000 people."

With that, Xiao Muchun scratched his head and seemed to remember something. "But it's strange that it's extremely noisy in the Khitan camp. It seems that it's not an elite teacher."

Noisy?

Yang Yanzhao meditated, and then turned to look at Deng Hu, "General Deng, if you are the commander of Yunzhou City, Huanzhou is broken, Yingzhou and Shuozhou are in danger, what should you do?"

After pondering for a moment, Deng Hu answered in a low voice, "If it is the commander-in-chief, as the Yang brothers said before, he must have attacked Yingzhou and Shuozhou overnight, and cooperate with the forces of the two states. First defeat the invading enemy, stabilize his feet, and then encircle Huanzhou, it must be captured..."

Suddenly, Deng Hu stopped talking and looked up at Yang Yanzhao, his eyes full of shock, "Brother Yang, will they have sent troops? The camp is just a cover to disturb our view?"

Without answering, Yang Yanzhao said directly what he thought, "General Deng's situation is urgent, and the army in the west of the town is immediately divided into two ways to help Shuozhou and Yingzhou."

"Brother Yang said, you and I each get 5,000 yuan and go separately. How about going to Shuozhou and Brother Yang going to Yingzhou?"

With that, Deng Hu asked Vice General Li Ning to order 5,000 soldiers and horses, but Yang Yanzhao waved his hand and refused, "General, Yang Jing will not participate in the assistance of the second city. I want to do another thing."

"What's the matter?"

"At this moment, Yunzhou City must be empty. If you can lead the troops to kill, you will be able to attack it unpreparedly. Perhaps it is also possible to take Yunzhou City."

Deng Hu's thick eyebrows were locked. These days, he has an inexplicable trust in Yang Yanzhao. Therefore, when he heard this sentence, he did not feel that he was talking about dreams, but thought more seriously about the chance of winning.

For a long time, Deng Hu only felt that his heart beat violently. In the current situation, it is indeed very possible to take Yunzhou, but Pan Mei made his western army block the enemy from Yunzhou, and it was a violation of the military order to attack the city.

Therefore, Deng Hu only felt that he was in a dilemma. He was cold-faced and didn't say anything. Seeing him like this, Yang Yanzhao turned over and said, "General Deng, the Zhenxi army is a cavalry. It is not suitable to attack the city. As you said before, you still have to help Ying and Shuo Erzhou respectively. I will lead Wu Bin's first battalion to Yunzhou."

"But Lord Yang..."

"There is nothing. On that day and during the test, we agreed that Yang would have the final say during the Northern Expedition." With that, Yang Yanzhao turned his head and pointed the horse whip to Dian Xu not far away. "If the general is worried, let him take the battalion soldiers with me!"

The whip in his hand was raised, and Yang Yanzhao left. Deng Hu, who stayed in place, flashed strangely in his eyes. Looking at the fading sound and shadow, a trace of gratitude appeared on his dark face. He waved his big hand, and Dian Xu, who had been anxious for a long time, hurriedly called the next battalion of soldiers to follow Yang Yanzhao.

"General, this..."

Looking at the group disappearing under the dark, Li Ning, the silent deputy general, spoke softly, but the words stopped when they reached his mouth, and his worries were undisguised.

"Chu Ping, you are too worried. Brother Yang is a talented general. He will not do those things that are greedy for fame. He will attack Yunzhou City with thousands of troops. Not to mention whether he can take the city, this courage alone makes someone admire Brother Yang more and more..."

Sighing softly, Deng Hu turned over his horse, divided into two ways with Li Ningbing, and headed for Ying and Shuo Erzhou.

More than half an hour later, a thousand horses stood quietly on the withered yellow grass, and the dark armor was hidden in the night. After a while, only the sound of rustling came, but more than a dozen people trotted from the front.

"Return to the prince, my subordinates and brothers have sneaked into the camp to find out. There are only thousands of people in front of them, most of whom are the Confederate Army, and there are only a dozen war horses in the camp. Indeed, as the prince expected, the Khitan people want to hide the sea from the sky."

Xiao Muchun paused and continued, "I couldn't help it. I just solved the 30 Khitan people in the camp. I hope you will forgive me."

"These people are already cannon fodder. Naturally, life and death have nothing to do with the overall situation."

Yang Yanzhao said softly and waved his hand to let Xiao Muchun and others return to the team. Wu Bin behind him got off his horse and strode forward and said, "The last general, please take all his generals to annihilate the enemy!"

When he said this, Dianxu was also anxious. He jumped directly from the horse's back and hurriedly said, "Lord Yang, the Zhenxi army is good at rushing. It's better to let the last general and his brothers destroy them directly!"

After meditating for a moment, Yang Yanzhao ordered, "All the population is wrapped in grass, horses are wrapped in hoofs, and they are not allowed to frighten snakes. Wu Bin, after you lead your subordinates to detour the enemy camp, you must make sure not to let an enemy go!"

"The last general is ordered!"

"Dian Xu, you lead the western army to attack the enemy's camp. Remember, leave some alive."

"No!"

Under the night, the iron horse was like a stream, moving quietly. Yang Yanzhao was the first, and the cold autumn wind blew, but the blood suddenly rose in his heart.

Looking forward, in the black fog in the distance, Yunzhou City is out of reach, but Yang Yanzhao's eyes are full of ambition.

An hour later, the fire lit up and cried all over the sky. The iron horse of the Western Army penetrated the defenseless Khitan camp like a sharp blade.

In the dark night, how could the southern army fleeing around quickly pass the horse's hoof? After screaming, the cold wind was full of blood and scorching smell.

"Your Excellency, my subordinates and brothers have captured the fleeing Khitan dog back!"

When Dian Xu was full of excitement to clean up the battlefield, Wu Bin came with dozens of people. Among them, except for the two Khitan people, the rest were also the southern army with the appearance of the Central Plains.

When the two Khitan people saw Yang Yanzhao, they immediately stared at him and looked at him fiercely, as if they wanted to turn their eyes into a killing sword.

Seeing this situation, Yang Yanzhao picked up a machete on the ground and went straight forward. The knife light flashed, and a Khitan fell to the ground.

"Say, how many troops are there in Yunzhou!"

The bloody knife was mounted on the neck of another Khitan, and a trace of fear flashed on the latter's face, and then he resumed his previous contempt, saying words that he didn't understand.

"Hold on, my lord asked you, but you didn't answer honestly!"

Turning to one side, it was Dian Xu who was staring angrily. It seemed that he knew Khitan language. Seeing his expression, Yang Yanzhao was too lazy to say more. The knife body scratched, and the Khitan man who was still scolding fell to the ground.

"Dangdang!"

The knife was thrown on the ground, and Yang Yanzhao went straight to a complete tent not far away. "Captain Wu, tell them that if they are willing to surrender and return to our Song Dynasty, they will leave their lives. If not, they will be killed without mercy!"

The cold words make people shudder.