Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 531 The Battle Behind the Mountain

At the foot of the mud hill, the fierce battle continued.

At this time, the Liao army had surrounded the Qin army convoy in groups, and circled around the west with four or five hundred cavalry in each team.

The Qin army used the outer chariot formation to withstand the cavalry attack, and the internal crossbowmen kept fighting back, desperately holding on.

The two sides fought for almost an hour, and the Liao army had already rested for a round. It took a risk to rescue the wounded in front of the battle and was ready to go again. Both sides suffered casualties and were very tired, but the Liao army was not ready to give up.

For the Liao army, they have two huge advantages, one of which is that they have a large number of troops.

The second is that the Qin army can only defend passively and move slowly, but there is no possibility of defeating them at all. No matter how powerful the Qin army's car formation is, if they lose to them, just turn around and leave.This is the biggest advantage of the Liao army. As a veteran, Brother Yeluxiu is also very aware of this advantage. They fight only when they are invincible, and their psychological pressure is not as great as that of the opposite Qin army.

For the Qin army, defeat is basically equivalent to death, and for them, there is a high probability that they can still run after being defeated, so the Qin army must be more afraid of fighting than them, and must be more afraid of fighting than them.

In the worst case, a small number of troops will be lost and retreated, and they will come back again. If they are lucky, once they are exhausted with the Qin army, they will be exhausted, their bows and crossbows will be exhausted, and their morale will collapse.

Brother Yeluxiu is full of confidence. He has been waiting for this day for a long time. He has actually left the mountain since the army went south, but he is herding horses in the northeast of Yanzhou, but he dare not go south easily.

Because he led only partial divisions, only more than 1 people reached the northwest of Yanzhou, and there may be tens of thousands of Qin troops in the area behind the mountain. After all, if they can take Shuozhou, Huanzhou, Weizhou and other places one after another, their strength Certainly a lot.

He didn't even think about fighting Juyongguan or the fortified cities of the states in the past. Their strength cannot allow too much loss, and siege warfare is not what they are best at, and the Qin army has more troops than them. It is too dangerous to set up an ambush on the road.

So the countermeasure he thought of was to attack everywhere, attack the food roads, constantly weaken the Qin army, and then look for opportunities to fight a bigger battle of annihilation.

Just like today's situation, a few days ago their scouts discovered that the Qin army was gathering outside the city of Yanzhou, and they were recruiting a large number of cattle and horses. Most likely, they were afraid of their attack and planned to organize a large-scale supply of food and grass to go south. transportation.

He had his eye on this team at that time, and waited until noon, when he saw the smoke from the Qin army's cooking, he started to attack and launch an assault.

But when he got close, he was shocked. Although many people in the court, especially his colleagues in the Southern Academy, had told him about the elite of the Qin army and their victories in the south over the years, he didn't have much idea in his mind.

Because he has been fighting rebellions in the north for many years, and his opponents are mostly soldiers from various tribes. He has never encountered such a quick-responsive and perfectly coordinated army like the Qin army. They adjusted almost instantly, organized their defenses, and blocked their attack. Quick raid.

This surprised Brother Yeluxiu. It should not have taken more than a quarter of an hour from the time the opponent discovered them to when they rushed to the front of the formation. Thousands of people, so many cattle, horses, and carts were dispatched and cooperated to form an formation in just a quarter of an hour. He couldn't believe it.

Alerted, he immediately thought of a possibility, the other party came prepared!

After the first wave of charge was thwarted by the Qin army's chariot formation, he immediately looked around after he stabilized his heels. Yanzhou was far away, and it was not a big city. There is flat land or cultivated land everywhere, and the few trees along the road do not form a forest.
In the subsequent attacks, he kept a small half of his troops in the rear, in case there were enemy reinforcements to deal with them.

However, until more than half an hour after the battle, hundreds of people were killed and injured in both attacks, panting and exhausted, but there was still no sign of Qin's reinforcements.

Only then did Brother Yeluxiu put all his troops into the attack in turn, vowing to completely devour the Qin army.

"General, are you still not sending troops?"

On the mud mountain, this is not the first time someone nervously raised this question to Li Jilong.

"No, just wait." Li Jilong couldn't remember the first time he refused the request to send troops, and he never took his eyes off the battle situation.

The Qin army in the distance obviously had suffered a lot of casualties, many of them were hit by arrows, and the Liao army who rushed up to sneak attack from time to time also caused some casualties to them.

At this time, the two sides were fighting for almost an hour. In order to maintain the front line and prevent the Liao cavalry from getting too close, the Qin army had to use a large number of bows and crossbows to force them back.

At this moment, hurried footsteps came from behind, "General, my brother Hedong is dying, let us go to the rescue!"

The two cavalry commanders of the Hedong Army came over. They stared angrily, obviously very angry. The brothers below were dying and wounded.

Facing the angry two men, Li Jilong explained, after all, the following were also the soldiers of Hedong: "The two commanders, I also want to save, but we are all armored cavalry, and the speed and stamina are not as good as the light cavalry of the Liao army. They come and go like the wind.

If you go out too early, the Liao army will turn around and leave when they find something is wrong. We can't catch up!This ambush was for nothing, and the brothers below died for nothing. They had to wait until they were exhausted before they had a chance. "

After listening to his explanation, both of them were speechless, but they watched Paoze's lone army fighting and fell, and everyone was very anxious, wishing they could rush down immediately.

After a few quarters of an hour, the battle below has become intense. At first, the Liao army kept about two to three thousand troops in the rear as a reserve team, but after a long attack and no rescue, they also sent those troops to take turns to attack Among them, the battle became more and more intense.

At this time, Li Jilong also stood up and stared closely at the bottom, because as the Liao army also put the reserve team into the battle, there were still about a hundred horses left in the rear.

This must be the general of the Liao army and his personal soldiers!

In this raid by the Liao army, there was no flag at all in order to conceal it. At first, there were so many people mixed together, it was difficult to recognize who the commander was, but now it is suddenly clear at a glance!

Li Jilong immediately called the commanders of the two artillery battalions over, pointed to the hundreds of cavalry behind the Liao army below, and said, "Have you seen that, fight accordingly, the Liao army leader should be there!"

The two commanders took the lead and immediately went back to organize the artillery hidden in the mountains.

Soon the cannon gangs reported that they had completed the calibration.

Li Jilong took a deep breath, and said silently: "How many battles can be avoided if this cannon is accurately fired!"

Immediately ordered to fire, and the artillery positions were not installed at this time. Dozens of field artillery suddenly opened fire, and the rumbling sound rang through the hillside. The Liao army in the distance did not react for a while, because the sound had not yet reached them, but the shells But here it is.

Li Jilong opened his eyes wide and watched. The hundred or so riders behind him were obviously centered on one person. He was sitting on the horse, and soon there was a lot of smoke and dust around him. fly out
He looked around in horror, and the horse under his crotch was frightened and circling uncontrollably, but Li Jilong's heart tightened, damn it!After killing seven or eight people, he missed that person!The roaring in the ears seemed to be inaudible.

Just when he was extremely anxious, the man was thrown from the horse in an instant, and half of his shoulders and chest were seen thrown into the air like mud from afar.

Some artillery positions were slow, but just right.
The rear of the Liao army in the distance was also in chaos, but those who were still besieging the Qin army in front did not notice it for the time being, and were still organizing the attack until the rumbling sound came over there, and everyone looked up the mountain suspiciously.

Li Jilong suppressed his emotions with excitement. The shelling continued, but it had been changed to shelling the main force of the Liao army. He said to the messenger: "The artillery will continue to provide fire support on the mountain."

Immediately, he grabbed the spear leaning on the tree trunk beside him and slid directly down the hillside behind him. Regardless of the heat in his buttocks, he got on the back of his horse and faced the thousands of cavalry that had been prepared in the valley behind, he said loudly: "Brothers, the Liao army commander Already dead, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The messenger on the top of the mountain has already played the semaphore, and the horn of desolation sounded. Li Jilong took the lead, and quickly led many cavalry to rush out of the valley like a torrent of steel, turned southwest at the mountain pass in front, and then poured down along the gentle slope to the side of the Liao army in the distance
(End of this chapter)