The fire ignited in Ulju City, reflecting a red light in the dark night sky, looks particularly beautiful from a distance, as if it is the rising red sun, making people feel extraordinarily dazzling, in the north of Ulju is more than 100 miles away in a straight line is the Shunsheng City, the red light in the south attracted the soldiers under the command of Yeluren, and all the people were terrified.
Yeluren heard the noise outside first and asked the guards beside him, "Go out and see what's going on outside."
After a while, the guards ran in and said, "Lord Wang, the south is suddenly red, as if Ulzhou City is on fire." ” "What," said Jerexun, in astonishment; "There was a fire in Ulju City."
Then Yeluren laughed and said, "Okay, great, God help me." ” "Lord Wang, the city of Ulzhou is on fire, I'm afraid General Xiao has already broken the city and defeated the army, how can this be okay?"
said the guard puzzled.
Afraid of causing a riot, Yeluren first concealed the news of the loss of Ulzhou, and now that the city of Ulzhou was on fire, all the soldiers thought that it was caused by Xiao Yuanshan's defeat of Ulzhou City, and Yeluren immediately said to the guards: "Gather the generals of all battalions to discuss with this king." ” Soon the generals of the battalion all arrived, and they saluted Yeluren first: "The last general will pay a visit to the prince." ” Yeluren first said to the generals, "Generals, please take your seats. ” After the generals sat down, Yeluren smiled and said to everyone: "This king knows that the fire of Ulzhou makes you feel very panicked, Ulzhou is only more than 100 miles away from Shunsheng, although there are mountains in the middle, the enemy army can reach the city of Shunsheng in five days at most, and if the enemy army goes around our back and occupies Hongzhou, then we will completely become a turtle in the urn." ” "Lord Wang, now that the military situation is urgent, please make a quick decision on whether to fight or retreat."
One of the generals stood up and said to Yelurenxian.
Yeluren first beckoned to the general who stood up and motioned for him to sit down, and then Yeluren first said to the generals: "The generals' worries are known to this king, but this king is here to tell you that the city of Ulzhou has been lost, but this fire is not General Xiao's soldiers and horses, but the army of the South Road under the command of Zheng Hun, the prime minister of Southern Liao; This king has been hiding from you before, General Xiao was ambushed at Sheep's Horn Pass when he was reinforcing Flying Fox Pass, and almost all the troops were wiped out; However, the king did not blame General Xiao, but gave General Xiao a clever plan, let him take the initiative to withdraw from Ulju City, and was dissatisfied with the fire in the city, and when the rebels entered the city, they fired rockets, at which time the rebels were estimated to have been burned to ashes.
Yeluren said shamelessly.
"In that case, why don't we take advantage of this to sneak attack Yelu Chongyuan's rebel camp and annihilate the main force of the rebels in one fell swoop."
Another general suggested.
Yelu Ren immediately said: "No, although General Xiao has burned the city of Ulzhou now, we don't know the situation of the rebels on the South Road, if General Xiao is not able to annihilate the main force of the rebels on the South Road and let it capture Hongzhou, it will be very disadvantageous to us; In addition, the fire in Ulzhou will inevitably make Yelu Chongyuan strictly guard the camp, and it is estimated that he can only run into a nail in the face when he goes to the night attack at this time, and besides, our army is unstable and demoralized, and the occupation is already unfavorable to us, so it is better to be cautious. ” Then Yeluren first ordered: "The generals obeyed the order, quickly returned to the camp to reorganize the troops and horses, and the various departments took alternate cover, and evacuated Shunsheng overnight and withdrew to Hongzhou. ” All the generals ordered in unison: "The last general will take the order." ” On the other side, the camp of the Southern Liao Army outside the Holy City, Yelu Chongyuan looked at the fire in the south with his hands behind his back, and already knew in his heart that the Southern Route Army was probably over, but Yelu Chongyuan's face was still very calm, although the loss of tens of thousands of troops made Yelu Chongyuan very heartbroken, but Yelu Chongyuan knew that he needed to be calm at this time, otherwise he would make a wrong step and a wrong step, and the final result would be a complete loss.
"Your Majesty, the generals have gathered inside."
Yelu Chongyuan's personal guard general walked to his side and said.
Yelu Chongyuan glanced affectionately at the south, and then walked to the big tent, when Yelu Chongyuan sat on the dragon chair, all the generals saluted together: "The last general will see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." ” "All the generals, please get up, all sit down," Yelu Chongyuan said calmly to everyone; "I won't say much about the current situation, I'm afraid that the Southern Route Army is already difficult to protect itself, and the plan to attack Hongzhou and surround Yelu Renxian is probably about to fail, do you have any suggestions?"
The generals looked at each other and no one got up to speak, and at this moment a Han general stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the fire in Ulzhou will definitely cause Yeluren to retreat westward, this is an excellent opportunity for him, if our army sends people to pursue at this time, he will definitely be able to annihilate the enemy." ” "Yanshu."
Yelu Chongyuan looked at the general who stood up and said; "I didn't expect that you, a little general, would have such insight; I made you the vanguard general, and led 10,000 cavalry to cover the thief army, and I led the army to arrive later. ” Yan Shu excitedly took the military order and said, "The last general will take the order." ” In the darkness, the northern, western, and southern gates of the Shunsheng City slowly opened, and the Northern Liao defenders in the city quickly withdrew from the strict formation in the dark, and at the same time, Yelu Ren led 10,000 iron horsemen to line up outside the west gate to prevent Yelu Chongyuan from chasing and killing, Yelu Chongyuan had just set up a position, and the 10,000 pursuers led by Yan Shu arrived.
In the darkness, the sound of the heavy hooves of 10,000 war horses rumbled, and suddenly 10,000 arrow feathers pierced the starry sky and shot towards Yan Shu's pursuers, in addition to ordinary arrows, you can also hear the sound of bang, bang, bang, bang's large bed crossbow, this large bed crossbow is extremely powerful, in order to resist the pursuit of the Southern Liao army, Yelu Renxian specially moved out the only ten bed crossbows in the city.
This kind of large bed crossbow is called the three-bow bed crossbow is a sharp weapon for siege, specially shooting the battlements, its power can be shot through the battlements within 800 steps to nail the soldiers behind, then this thing shoots people and horses, it is simply wearing a gourd string, a crossbow arrow small arm is so thick, it is simply a spear, this arrow can shoot through more than ten people in a row.
Of course, it is not easy to aim in the dark night, and the power will be smaller, but it also caused great losses to Yanshu's forward army, and after two rounds of arrow rain, Yeluren first ordered: "Smash the bed crossbow to this king, and the whole army charges." ” First the rain of arrows and bed crossbows, and then the cavalry sprinting to counterattack, Yan Shu was stunned for a while, and immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats, withdraw." ” After Yan Shu withdrew his troops, Yelu Ren immediately collected his troops and retreated westward, and after Yan Shu led the army to merge with Yelu Chongyuan and report his own experience, Yelu Chongyuan said with a smile: "Yelu Renxian has already run away, I must capture him alive for me, and order all armies to be careful of the enemy's sneak attack at night." ” "Yes."
Yan Shu was ordered to pursue again.
In the darkness of the night, two armies ran in front and chased behind, and the two armies fought from time to time, but Yelu Chongyuan's army never caught the main army of Yelu Renxian all night.
A whole night passed, in the dark of the night Yelu Chongyuan gradually regained the disadvantage, unconsciously one night the two armies have run out of seventy or eighty miles, the distance between the two main forces has been maintained at about twenty miles, Yelu Chongyuan does not know that a major crisis is waiting for him.
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