The equestrian skills of the Liangshan Navy were naturally not as good as those of the nomads who had grown up on horses.
Without the chaos caused by landmines, Li Jun would never dare to sneak attack them.
Otherwise, once bitten by an enemy, there may be no return.
Now that all the landmines have been used up, Li Jun will naturally no longer think about a frontal sneak attack.
He will focus on the spies sent by the tribe.
In order to prevent the enemy from suddenly causing casualties to their own tribes, each tribe sent spies to spread out far and wide to keep watch.
The cavalry spies of Chu Te's department were mainly responsible for surveying the front of the army.
One of Chu Te's spies was about four or five miles in front of the army and looked around to see if there was any whereabouts of the enemy.
As he rode forward, the next second he was horrified to find that there were five straw men suddenly standing in the grass where there was no figure at all the second before.
What was even more frightening was that the cold arrows in their hands were pointing at them.
Own.
How could there be an enemy?
The place just now was the place he had just walked through.
How did they get out of the ground?
This is an ambush When he just reacted and wanted to escape, the bow string in the opponent's hand had already been loosened.
He was hit by three or four arrows in an instant, and without even blowing the trumpet, the spy screamed and fell off his horse.
After shooting the spy, Li Jun shouted loudly: "We withdraw" Li Jun led the men and ran away to a tree three hundred paces away, grabbed their horses and ran away.
When other spies heard the noise and rushed over, they only saw the body lying on the ground with arrows stuck in it, and the wind and dust in the distance.
In addition to this unlucky spy, three other tribal spies were also killed in the same way.
After receiving reports from his subordinates, he heard that four people from his tribe had died, but not even a single person from the other party was caught.
Chu Te Zhuo Tu was so angry that he directly picked up the riding crop and threw the four corpses hard.
"Four losers died, but they couldn't even catch a single person on the other side."
The dead ones were not his.
Suzhou commander Xiao Taoshan calmly looked at the corpses of the spies and fell into deep thought.
He stood up and looked at Chu Tu and said: "Looking at where they were hit by arrows, they should have been shot at close range.
It seems that the enemy rushed close to shoot the arrows, but why did these spies die without even taking out their weapons?"
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Are these spies all blind?
The enemy cannot be seen within a few feet.
And why do these guys suddenly deal with our spies?
It's because new weapons can only be used at close range, so our spies must be eradicated first before they can get close to us.
Or are those weapons difficult to make?
, they no longer have it.”
Xiao Tao and Su Shan asked a series of questions, but Chu Te couldn't answer any of them, "This" Xiao Taosu Shan said: "This group of Song troops are different from the Song troops we know.
They are acting very strangely.
How about we go back to repair first and find out more about each other's situation before we make plans?"
Now nearly half of the food supplies in the Alliance Army are provided by their own tribes.
Originally, the tribe suffered a great loss when they were driven out of the pasture.
If it drags on, all the savings of his tribe will be consumed.
Chu Te said: "Maybe it's just like what you said.
The other party doesn't have the weapons anymore and they don't dare to attack our army again.
They can only harass us by killing the spies.
I want to scare our army in this way."
Just when Xiao Tao and Sushan were still trying to persuade him, a spy suddenly ran over and shouted: "The Song army suddenly changed directions and marched in the direction of Muyang City!"
Chute Zhuotu shouted excitedly when he heard: "Listen, those Song dogs saw us forming an allied army, and they were scared.
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They wanted to take out all the weapons in the bottom warehouse to scare us.
Go back safely.
Once they retreat into the city, it will be more difficult for us to defeat them with the weapons of the Song Army.
We must intercept them and not let them escape back to the city."
Xiao Taosu Shan heard that, although he still felt something was wrong, he couldn't find any problem, so he had to say: "It's better to be more cautious."
"Of course, spies can no longer be sent out alone, they must be sent out in groups of three or five.
To avoid being alone again and being killed by the enemy," Chute Zhuotu said.
"That's all we have to do," Xiao Tao Sushan said helplessly.
At Chu Te Zhuotu's insistence, the tribal alliance army continued to pursue Zhang Hengbu.
The Song army probably knew that the tribal alliance army was chasing them.
They changed their cautious marching speed step by step, abandoned some daily clutter, and accelerated their marching speed.
But how could a two-legged one outrun a four-legged one?
After chasing for a day, the tribal alliance army could catch up with the Song army in less than thirty miles.
At the foot of an unknown mountain in the remnants of the Qianshan Mountains, Li Jun and his men had already arrived here early.
Li Jun asked: "Have you passed General Zhang?"
Han Sanding hurriedly replied: "It has been passed."
Li Jun asked: "How far is the Liao army from General Zhang's headquarters now?"
Han Sanding replied: "According to the spies' report, it is already less than twenty miles away."
Li Jun nodded and said: "Very good.
Get your men ready.
Those things must be covered with branches and soil.
The enemy must not find them.
When the enemy steps in, you" As Li Jun said, he suddenly saw Zhang Shun, who was guarding Muyang City, coming with several people.
Li Jun said in confusion: "Brother Zhang Shun, why did you come here if you didn't stay in Muyang City?"
Zhang Shun looked at Li Jun sternly and said: "The marshal has an order, you can follow me to see him."
Hearing that Marshal Shi Jin had arrived, Li Jun was shocked and asked hurriedly.
"The marshal has come.
Wherever he is now, the enemy will come.
How about you go back and report to the marshal first, and then go see him after I defeat the enemy?"
Zhang Shun shook his head and said: "No, the marshal is here to deal with these enemies, and he has brought a large army.
You'd better go see the marshal first, otherwise I will have to offend my brother."
Li Jun heard that even Zhang Shun said this, and knew that the matter was serious.
He had no choice but to bite the bullet and run to see Marshal Shi Jin.
Shi Jin has arrived with two thousand soldiers and horses, not far from Li Jun, three miles away.
Seeing Li Jun following Zhang Shun, Shi Jin immediately shouted angrily: "Li Jun, you are so bold.
Who told you to go and act as you please?
Do you remember the order I gave you?
Don't stay in Shepherd City honestly."
What are you doing to provoke those tribesmen?
What crime do you deserve?"
Li Jun was a little dumbfounded.
He didn't follow the military order and stayed in Muyang City.
But Zhu Wu, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, and the others did not expect that our navy would be so brave, that they could easily capture Muyang City, and that they could also go out of the city to fight those Liao troops.
The most important thing is that we have always been victorious, so why are we being scolded in the face now?
Li Jun said with some dissatisfaction: "Marshal, the small city of Muyang City cannot accommodate so many soldiers and horses, not to mention that if the enemy attacks the city, it will only cause panic among the people.
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The general will take the initiative to attack the enemy and prevent them from letting them.
Can now easily surround the city.
Under the attack of our army, the morale of the enemy has been low, which has greatly increased the momentum of our Liangshan Army.
Not to mention, as long as the general is given a little more time, the general can lead the troops to pacify this group of enemy troops.
The general only made the decision based on the actual situation.
I would like to ask the Marshal for his guidance on some operational adjustments."
"You ruined my plan and you still dare to quibble, how bold you are," Shi Jin shouted angrily.
Seeing Li Jun's still unsatisfied application, Shi Jin suppressed his anger and shouted: "Your so-called plan is nothing more than to provoke the enemy, lure the enemy into being fooled, and then attack with fire.
But have you ever thought about this Suzhou Sooner or later, it will be in the possession of our army.
If you all take these tribes All the young and strong men have been killed.
What use does this desolate land have for me?
Who will graze the cattle and pay the taxes for me?
Is it your navy?
Do you think that sailing is too boring and you want to go ashore to plow the fields and graze the animals?
If so, I will satisfy your request.
Li Jun said, do you want to go ashore?"
When Li Jun heard this, he was so frightened that he shouted: "No, Marshal.
The general is doing well in the navy and has no intention of going ashore to become a farmer."
Shi Jin shouted: "If you are not, then you still dare to disobey military orders.
Do you think that I dare not remove you from your post?"
Seeing Shi Jin angry, Li Jun was afraid.
Although Li Jun felt uncomfortable with the beatings and confinement, he could still bear it.
What he was afraid of was that the marshal would beat him to the bottom in a fit of anger, demoting him from general to pawn.
How can I have the face to meet people in the future?
Li Jun was so frightened that he quickly raised his hands and said, "The general will finally realize his mistake."
Shi Jin snorted and shouted: "You say you are wrong, but you are not convinced in your heart.
There is a saying in the art of war: attack the heart first, attack the city second.
Although the Liao Kingdom is a big country, most of it is a barbaric land.
There are many people who are not accustomed to the king's behavior, and it is extremely difficult to subdue them.
Moreover, the Liao army has always despised the Song army.
Today you are using tricks to defeat them.
Although they were defeated for a while, they were still unconvinced.
They thought that our army could only defeat them by relying on conspiracy, and they would only fall into the trap if they were more cautious.
When the army marched north, they responded to the Liao State's rebellion , raise troops to rebel.
When our army is attacked from both sides, wouldn't it be dangerous?
If we want these barbarians to fear our army, we must fight head-on and make them fear our army.
As long as they hear the name of our army, they will be afraid.
You were so frightened that you retreated.
I strictly ordered you to stick to the city, just to wait.
When my army arrives, I will use the regular soldiers as the main force and the Qi soldiers as the supplement.
I will defeat the Liao army in an honest manner so that I can truly surrender them.
After they surrender, I will slowly persuade the farmers and mulberry trees and educate the king.
This is the way to govern the world now.
But you guys are so arrogant that you almost ruined my life, Li Jun, what kind of crime do you deserve?"
After hearing Shi Jin's explanation, Li Jun completely surrendered and hurriedly bowed and raised his hands and said: "Marshal, I will be ignorant and don't know the marshal's grand plan.
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I beg the marshal to punish me."
Zhu Wu was on the side and saw that Li Jun had admitted his mistake.
At this time, he stood up and begged for mercy and said: "Marshal, General Li and General Zhang also want to help the marshal solve his problems, but they don't know the marshal's big plan, so they disobey the military order.
Please also ask The marshal also asked the marshal to forgive their sins because they conquered Shepherd City and did not have to work hard for days."
Although Zhang Shun was unhappy with his eldest brother Zhang Heng's decision to let him defend the city, he was still his eldest brother.
If Li Jun is punished, Zhang Heng will certainly not be exempted.
Zhang Shun immediately stepped forward to plead with Shi Jin.
Li Jun knows how to connect the emotions of many brothers, and he also has a good relationship with them on weekdays.
Lu Zhishen and others also rushed forward to plead for him at this time.
Shi Jin had never thought of severely punishing Li Jun and Zhang Heng, but he just wanted to see how they dared to disobey military orders.
If he didn't give them a show of force, I'm afraid everyone would imitate him in the future, and how would he be able to manage his subordinates.
How difficult is it to be a boss?
If management is strict and they obey orders in everything, their subordinates will lose initiative, and may even have opportunities to fight, but they dare not act rashly due to military laws and miss opportunities.
However, if the management is loose and there is kindness but no power, no matter how great the reward is, it is easy for subordinates to become arrogant and unruly and refuse to accept transfer.
Strict but strict management is the way to go.
As for that degree, you can only rely on yourself to control it.
Now seeing that Li Jun relented, Zhu Wu and the others begged for mercy again, Shi Jin saw that the fire was almost over, so he borrowed the donkey down the slope and shouted: "Originally, you disobeyed the military order, I will definitely punish you severely.
If I see you seizing Muyang City, you have won the first victory for our army in attacking the Liao Kingdom, and everyone is interceding for you.
I will let you go for the time being, but you don't have to think about your previous achievements.
If you do it again in the future. , have you heard that severe punishment will not be given?”
Seeing that Shi Jin did not continue to pursue the case, Li Jun was relieved.
He hurriedly and respectfully shouted to Shi Jin: "Thank you, Marshal!"
After Shi Jin finished dealing with Li Jun and Zhang Heng's affairs, he asked: "How far is the enemy army from our army now?"
Zhu Wu replied: "Go back to Marshal, they will be there in less than half a day."
Shi Jin nodded and said: "In this case, Zhang Heng is ordered to speed up and form a formation on the left flank of our army.
This time our army will not use conspiracy and tricks, and we will defeat them head-on, so that they will be afraid when they hear the name of our army from now on.
Like a tiger" When many generals present heard this, they all enthusiastically coaxed: "I have the order."
As the messengers rode quickly to Zhang Hengjun, they conveyed the marshal's order.
Zhang Heng immediately ordered the entire army to speed up.
Zhang Hengbu suddenly increased his speed, causing Chu Te Zhuotu and Xiao Tao Sushan to have the illusion that Zhang Heng was really running away.
Zhang Hengbu has been chasing him away, and now it is finally the enemy's turn to escape.
The morale of the tribal allies was immediately boosted.
Chu Te Zhuotu even raised his riding whip and shouted: "Hurry up and chase them, we must not let them escape."
The tribal army that had been chasing Zhang Heng at a high speed also let go of their horses' hooves at this time and accelerated to catch up.
Just as Chu Te was thinking about it, he was thinking excitedly that when he catches up with the Song Dogs, he must let them see the true strength of the Chu Te tribe's warriors.
He wants to use the head of the enemy leader to warn everyone that the Chute tribe will never be invaded by anyone.
Just when the tribal army was chasing Zhang Hengbu for less than five miles, the spy who had been exploring the road in front ran back quickly.
When he was on horseback, he shouted urgently: "The leader is in trouble, another Song army appeared ten miles ahead, with about two thousand people.
The Song army that escaped before is also preparing to form a formation to face our army."
Hearing the spy's report, Chu Te Zhuotu was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.
The previous Song army forced warriors from all tribes in Suzhou to gather together to deal with more than a thousand people.
Now there are more than 2,000 people.
How can we fight?
When Chu Te was thinking about it and was about to order the withdrawal of troops, Xiao Tao and Su Shan felt very confused.
This group of Song soldiers were so erratic before that it was difficult for people to detect their whereabouts, but why did they appear so easily now.
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Moreover, the Song army that escaped has stopped running now and wants to fight our army.
Xiao Taosushan, who was full of doubts, asked: "How did you discover the Song army?
Can you clearly see the Song army and how many archers there are in their army?"
The spy hurriedly replied, "The Song army has been waiting on the main road early in the morning.
I saw from a distance that their army was mainly composed of swordsmen and spearmen, and there were no archers.
However, there were three or four hundred cavalry. " Hearing that the newly-appeared Song army had no archers but only swordsmen and spearmen, the leaders of several tribes, including Xiao Taoshan, Chu Te Zhuotu, and others, breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as they are not archers, they are not afraid of the Song Army's swordsmen and spearmen.
As for the cavalry, in their opinion, they can be ignored.
Xiao Taosushan said: "This group of Song troops looks like reinforcements, and they should be here to support them."
Chu Te Zhuo Tu shouted: "The arrow is on the string, so we have to fire it.
What's more, if we withdraw like this, I'm afraid it will damage morale.
We have to test them if they can't beat us and then withdraw, what about?"
Xiao Taosu Shan nodded and said: "What you said makes sense.
Only by fighting can you know the true strength of the enemy."
Seeing that Xiao Tao and Su Shan both agreed with his opinion, Chu Te Zhuo Tu immediately shouted: "Keep moving forward."
In less than two hours, the tribal allies reached 500 steps away from the Liangshan Army.
Chu Te thought about it and stretched out his hand to stop the advance of the troops.
First, he allowed the horses to regain their strength so that they could have more strength to charge.
The second is to observe the enemy's situation.
The tribal leaders Chu Te Zuo Tu and Xiao Tao Su Shan looked at the Liangshan Army from a distance.
As expected, as the spies said, the new Song soldiers did not have archers, but were all swordsmen, spearmen and cavalry.
Standing at the forefront were heavily armored soldiers, all covered in armor, numbering about three to five hundred people.
Behind them were more than a thousand spearmen with light leather armor.
The new Song army looked very mighty, but the allied soldiers of the tribe didn't care.
So what about the heavily armored soldiers?
It's not like they haven't killed them before.
Chute took out the hammer, awl and shield from the back of his horse and roared: "Charge over, these Song dogs are like a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered."
As Chu Te Zhuo Tu issued the order, the tribal allied warriors knocked the horse's belly, and the war horse immediately ran forward slowly.
Running, the horse ran further and further until it was completely gone.
The tribal allies formed a cone shape and rushed towards the Liangshan Army with a tacit understanding.
Seeing the enemy rushing over, Shi Jin immediately shouted: "Fire":