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Chapter Eighty-Eight: Take the Initiative


Two days later, the Liao army gathered its forces and besieged the city of Anning again.Just when the generals thought that the Liao army was going to die in peace, the Liao army did not launch an attack and retreated again.This made all the generals understand in their hearts that their guesses were not wrong.The Liao army has really changed its target.Now this unusual military operation is only to paralyze the peaceful generals.But everyone is a person who often fights wars, and everyone knows very well that every abnormal action is to pave the way for other purposes.This time, the Liao army retreated to seventy miles away before setting up camp.I want to gradually widen the distance from Anning City.After the scouts sent the message, Wei Chiyuan immediately ordered Guo Ziliang to lead the army to attack the Meng camp at night.Guo Ziliang, who had been prepared for a long time, took the lead and led 10,000 elite cavalry of the Song army out of Anning City, and headed towards the Liao State camp seventy miles away.The camp of the Liao State stretched for dozens of miles, and the soldiers on guard heard the movement of the cavalry and immediately blew the horn.But there was no chaos in the camp of the Liao army, as if they knew the night attack plan of the Song army.The armored Liao soldiers mounted their horses one after another, rushed out of the camp tent, and rushed in the direction of Guo Ziliang's attack under the cover of night.The Liao army rode a tall horse and bent its bow and shot arrows, and rushed towards the cavalry of the Song army with one arrow at a time.When the arrows arrived, Guo Ziliang's heart was slightly confused, could it be that the Liao army had expected that the Song army would attack them tonight.But now that the momentum of the charge has been unfolded, we cannot hastily withdraw the army, otherwise it will be another big defeat.Hundreds of Song cavalry were shot by arrows and fell off their horses.Getting closer and closer, the Liao cavalry could only put away their bows and crossbows and draw their scimitars.The two armies collided a few miles outside the camp of the Liao State.As soon as they made contact, hundreds of people fell off their horses.There was a shout of killing.Guo Ziliang held a spear in his hand and killed a Liao national, and secretly said something bad in his heart."

It's not good......"

In order to confirm what he expected, Guo Ziliang ordered to continue the impact.At this time, the Liao cavalry who came to meet the battle was no more than a thousand, and within a moment, they were all killed by the Song army, and only a few dozen cavalry on the edge fled.Guo Ziliang took the lead in rushing into the tent of the Liao army camp, and it was indeed an empty camp.The Liao army, the Liao army has long been withdrawn.Guo Ziliang's heart trembled, and then he looked in the direction of Anning City, and said to the soldiers around him: "You hurry back to the city and tell Lord Wei Chi that the Liao army has evacuated, and I will rush to Xuanhua to join General Luo." ”The soldiers were ordered to leave.Guo Ziliang did not take all the cavalry away, he understood that he also had to leave a part for Wei Chiyuan, so he only took away 3,000 cavalry at the moment, and walked towards Xuanhua in the night.The soldiers are fast, and there is no time to rest.The military methods of the Liao army are indeed clever, and the thousands of Liao cavalry he left behind were not left to die.If he was an ordinary general and led a team to attack the camp, when he was intercepted by these elite Liao cavalry a few miles away, he would definitely be in chaos, and he would choose to retreat for fear of being entangled by the main force of the Liao army.At that time, the combat effectiveness of the retreating cavalry plummeted, and they could only become the live target of the Liao soldiers, and when the time came, the 10,000 Song army was pursued by the Liao army's 1,000 Liao cavalry, and they fled back to Anning with heavy losses, which was another victory for the Liao army.After thinking about it for a long time, Wei Chiyuan and the others did not expect that the Liao army would use this trick to get out and lose all the camp tents, but it was a real ruin.The news reached Anning.The generals were also extremely panicked, Wei Chiyuan suppressed everyone's uneasiness, and then made a deployment, allowing Qin Fang to continue to stay in Anning City to defend the city, and leave 50,000 men and horses, while he and others led the army and set off tomorrow morning to rush to Xuanhua.It took only one day for Jeruchuqi to convince most of the chiefs and make plans for the march in advance.His original intention was that the camp outside the city could drag Anning's army for at least two or three days, and even if it could not be delayed for two or three days, he could take advantage of the Song army's night attack on the camp to give them a heavy blow and play a strategic purpose of confusing the Song army.Even if he couldn't achieve this goal, he would have to rush a few hours ahead of the peaceful Song army, but the Song army had all kinds of worries and could not pursue him with all his might.Even if there was a slight incursion, it did not delay the march of the main force.Even the Liao people can't stand the rapid march, not to mention Jiang Jinxian, who has always been pampered.In the end, he is the person with the highest position in Zhending before, and maybe there will be an unexpected joy after Zhending.He was dragged up by the two Great Khans of Liao in his deep sleep, and rudely threw him into the carriage, and before he could react, the carriage was controlled by a Liao man and rushed towards the direction of the marching army.After a night of tossing and bumping, Jiang Jinxian vomited several times, feeling that it was more painful to be alive than dead.And although Zhang Yong was sitting in a slightly more comfortable carriage, the situation was not much better.This time, the Liao army did not enter Xuanhua, because he knew that now he was marching into Zhending, and he was fighting for speed, and if the Song army in other important towns found out, sending troops to block it would only give the defenders of Zhending time to prepare.If you can arrive a day earlier, you will have one more chance of victory.But the Liao army didn't know that the Song army in Zhending had already made preparations.More than 100,000 well-equipped Song troops are waiting for Yelu Chuqi to come.Although the Liao army wanted to avoid Xuanhua, An Ning was being attacked, and the scouts of Xuanhua had already been dispatched, how could such a large-scale army transfer be hidden from Luo Zhiyuan.Luo Fu knew that the Liao army was leading a large army to cross Xuanhua and go to Zhending, so he lit the beacon fire immediately, and then ordered the military horses on the hour.Just as he was about to go out of the city to pursue.Thousands of cavalry troops led by Guo Ziliang also rushed to Xuanhua.At first, Luo Zhiyuan saw Guo Ziliang, and his heart was shocked, could it be that Anning was broken by the Liao army, did this Guo Ziliang take refuge in the Liao army, and came to deceive himself to open the city gate.Now that the situation is so chaotic, Luo Zhiyuan's suspicion of Guo Ziliang did not cause Guo Ziliang's dissatisfaction, Wei Chiyuan and other generals who were far away in Anning had so many scruples that they had to act cautiously, Xuanhua's military strength was not as good as Anning, and Luo Zhiyuan must be more cautious than Wei Chiyuan.Guo Ziliang took a lot of effort to make Luo Zhiyuan believe in himself.After entering the city, the two discussed with each other and jointly attacked to pursue the Liao army.The Song army is racing against the Liao army.However, because of the defeat of the Song army in the previous battles, they had to consider carefully when they pursued, for fear of falling into the Liao army's strategy and ambush, so the speed was not as fast as the Liao army's troops.From the beginning to the end of this war, the Liao army seized the initiative.Wangyun Pass.After the Liao army attacked, Han Qi ordered the surrounding area to replenish 10,000 military horses for Wangyun Pass, and sent his nephew Han Han to guard it, and Yan Yunfeng assisted from the side.When the Liao army led to the bottom of Wangyun Pass, Anning's battle report finally arrived in Kaifeng Mansion.The Liao army was close to the truth, and the trend of going south began again.In the main hall.Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair.Tie Xi sat under the dragon case.The ministers were arguing again, and after Han Qi's deployment, some ministers had already reversed course and began to support Han Qi.But Lin Jiadong and others were stubborn, saying that the elite of the Song army were all outside the pass, and if they were really sure to fail, wouldn't they put Kaifeng Mansion in a dangerous situation.It is better to let His Majesty leave first.Just as Lin Jiadong was talking.Han Qi, who was tidying up military affairs outside, entered the main hall, and then saluted directly to Zhao Zhen."

What the old minister means is that taking down Lin Jiadong can disturb the morale of the army."

Han Qi's voice was very loud.He was very confident that he would defeat the invincible Liao State in Zhending, and defeat the Liao army that dared to go deep into the arrogant and arrogant Liao army alone.But before defeating them, the atmosphere in the court must be the same, and the heart of cowardice cannot be raised."

Han Qi, you are so bold, we are thinking about Your Majesty, you actually want to arrest us and others in prison, who is plotting against you."

However, Han Qi didn't pay attention to Lin Jiadong, just looked at Zhao Zhen on the dragon chair.Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Tie Xi said aloud: "Grandfather Huang said before, all the affairs of the capital are entrusted to General Han to deal with, come on, arrest them." ”Tie Xi's voice was faint, as if he was joking.But now in his current position, after his words are finished, as long as Zhao Zhen, who is sitting next to him, has no other opinions, he will be complied with.More than a dozen armor soldiers walked into the main hall and wanted to take down Lin Jiadong and the others."

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will be dedicated to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we will be loyal to the monarch and the country, and the Emperor of Heaven can learn from it.""

Your Majesty, I'm here for your sake."

But Zhao Zhen still didn't speak, and more than a dozen armor soldiers pulled Lin Jiadong and the others down, waiting for Zhao Zhen's further decision."

This time the Liao army is coming, how many chances do you have?"

After the hall was quiet again, Zhao Zhen asked."

Your Majesty, Weichen has a 10% chance of winning."

After Zhao Zhen heard this, his face was a little relaxed, thinking that the Liao army might be a prisoner of Kaifeng, which also made Zhao Zhen a little worried."

Then it's up to you.""

In accordance with Your Majesty's will, Wechen will do his best to annihilate the invading enemy."

Regardless of whether it was taught by the Empress Dowager or not, after Tie Xi said this at this time, the ministers under him all knelt down with tears in their eyes."

The ministers have done their best for the Liao State, and then they have died."

Wangyun closed.The mighty Liao army was preparing for the siege.Compared with Anning City, Wangyunguan shows that some city players are widowed.Yan Yunfeng and Han Han stood above the city."

The imperial court will hand over Wangyun Pass to you and me, General Han, this is really the last barrier, we have a lot to do, and we have to coexist with Wangyun Pass for life and death."

Yan Yunfeng looked at the Liao army all over the mountains and said softly.Han Han spoke differently than Yan Yunfeng. ”Yan Yushi, I am a martial artist, I should die on the battlefield, but you are a literati, only the responsibility of supervision, no responsibility to protect the pass, if you can't do anything, Yan Yushi only needs to take advantage of the chaos to leave here

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