Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 643 Competing for Trident Water

Facing Yelu Wuzhi's great trust, Han Derang looked solemn, first bowed to Yelu Bishe, and then bowed deeply to Yelu Wuzhi: "I will live up to my high expectations."

Yelu Wuzhi's complexion was a bit complicated, and he said, "You shouldn't have personally come forward for this surprise attack. It's just that the Jurchen side only trusts you. If you don't go out, they may not dare to take the risk of fighting, or it may backfire."

Han Derang didn't say anything grandiose, but said calmly: "It's what I want to be able to take risks for the country. What's more, Yu Yue's plan may make him famous in the next life. I have no regrets."

He said goodbye to Yelu Bishe and said, "Your Majesty, please wait for the good news from me."

Yelu Bishe looked at the high-spirited Han Derang, and suddenly felt emotional, how can I lose to the Southern Dynasties as a Khitan talent?This time, we must let Nan Chao know the price of underestimating my Khitan.

"Han Qing is leaving, I wish you all the best."

Han Derang bid farewell to Yelu Bishe and Yelu Wuzhi again, turned around and strode away.

Yelu Bishe watched Han Derang leave the hall, slowly looked away, and said: "We are about to fight the Southern Bandits... Don't be afraid of Yu Yue's jokes, I am inexplicably flustered now."

Yelu Wuzhi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be like this. As far as the size of the enemy and our armies is concerned, the momentary victory or defeat does not affect the overall situation. Even if there are occasional defeats in the battle this time, it will not affect the final result. Back then in Guandu How strong is Yuan Shao in the battle? Those who are as strong as Cao Mengde lost their confidence and were unwilling to confront him. It was Xun Yu who persuaded Cao Cao that Xu You made a surprise attack on Wuchao."

He paused, then said: "What's more, we have received news from Lin Renzhao. The Southern Dynasty must not know the situation. No matter how powerful their Wu Desi is, they are not capable of passing the situation in Haidong easily through my Khitan thousands of miles away. The territory is faster than us, and it will be sent to Nanchao as soon as possible. In this round, we are the first."

Hearing the words, Yelubi felt relieved, and said in harmony: "What Yu Yue said is that the initiative on the battlefield is in our hands! Next, it depends on Yu Yue's arrangements. When it comes to military strategy, I am not as good as Yu Yue." ..."

Yelu Wuzhi replied humbly, and said: "With the character of the leader of the bandits in the Southern Dynasty, if we march in, they will surely follow. He has a strong army and is not afraid of us in field battles. Therefore, we must first seize the strategic location of Sanchashui... ..."

The so-called Sanchashui is the place where the three rivers of Liuhe, Chehe and Luanhe meet.

There is a vast impact plain, with river beaches and grasslands, suitable for large armies to fight, a natural battlefield.

Whoever seizes the three-pronged water to camp first will be able to seize favorable terrain and occupy an active situation where advance can be attacked and retreat can be defended.

"Our soldiers from Dading Mansion should not move first, let Yelu Dumin of Songting Pass send troops first to seize Sanchashui. Compared with where the army of the Southern Dynasty is located, Songting Pass is closer to Sanchashui, and march first. Even if Nanchao is aware of it at this time, they can only accept their fate and let us take the initiative."

Yelu Bi shot the case and stood up, laughing and said: "Advance takes the initiative, retreat is protected by Songtingguan. There is also a strange move planned by Yuyue five years ago, my heart is at ease, and our Khitan will surely win this battle."

The mobilization of the Khitan army was quickly passed on to Luo Youdu by Wu Desi's spies.

"You can't take it anymore?"

Luo Youdu said something pleasantly, a little surprised.

According to his understanding of Yelv Bishe, although this person is not good at military strategy, he still has excellent political skills in employing people in the city government.

There's no reason to rush into battle just because you've received a woman's bellyband.

The more important purpose of his move was to hit the morale of the Khitan soldiers.

Ludoxun said: "Could it be that Haidong Peninsula has made progress?"

It is most likely that the two armies of the Haidong Peninsula and Panmeibu will make substantial progress in order to prompt the Khitan to fight actively.

If Pan Meibu breaks through Yingzhou, they will definitely receive the news as soon as possible, so that they will not fall behind Khitan.

Only the Haidong Peninsula's change, Khitan's news channels are faster than theirs.

Lu Doxun's guess is reasonable.

Luo Youdu agreed with Lu Duoxun's guess, and said, "It's probably true!"

He then said: "It's okay, he dared to fight, it's a good thing, I've never been afraid of a fight with bandits, but I'm afraid that they won't come out of the pass city and want us to gnaw at the pass."

It is not that he is not good at siege, on the contrary, he pays more attention to siege warfare.

It's just that the siege war consumes too much soldiers, and unless necessary, I don't want to waste my soldiers in vain on the siege.

Lu Duosun suddenly came to his senses, and said: "There is no news from Dading Mansion, the guards at Songting Pass moved first. They want to seize Sanchashui before us..."

Luo Youdu didn't look like you were in a hurry, he nodded and said, "Nine out of ten, this is the idea!"

As he spoke, he strode out of the imperial tent and said in a loud voice: "The order is obviously to obey the order, and then order Dang Jin and Zhang Qiong to lead the cavalry to Sanchashui and seize the Sanchashui channel."

After a pause, he ordered again: "Order Cao Bin to garrison Niushan, Han Lingkun and Shi Shouxin's troops to enter Jiugongling, and the rest of the soldiers will follow me to garrison!"

After arranging all this, Luo Youdu just returned to the imperial tent.

Lu Duosun smiled obsequiously and said, "The Khitan thought they could get the upper hand, but they didn't think about their little tricks. How could they be your majesty's opponents."

Luo Youdu glanced at him and said, "Did you notice it?"

Lu Duoxun flattered: "Is there any reason that Your Majesty can't think of?"

In fact, he was not in a hurry to see Luo Youdu, and he guessed it based on his understanding of his lord.

Luo Youdu folded his arms around his chest and said, "They have been huddled for half a month, do they really think that I don't do anything and just wait quietly for him for half a month?"

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The rapid sound of horseshoes "clack, clack".

"Quick, quicker!"

Yelu Dumin took the lead and galloped in front of the horse.

There is no need to doubt the importance of Sanchashui. Yelu Dumin's status in Khitan is not low, and in Dading Mansion, it is second only to Yelusha.As the envoy of Tulu Bubu, the soldiers under his command are the elite selected from one of the eight oldest tribes of Khitan.However, even Yelu Sha, the Prime Minister of the Southern Mansion, didn't know about Yelu Wuzhi's five-year plan, let alone Yelu Dumin?

In Yelu Dumin's mind, Khitan did not have any so-called trump cards.

This battle with the Central Plains of the Southern Dynasties is their battle to protect the country.

The battle to protect the country can only be won, not defeated.

The strength of the Central Plains is well known to all.

Facing such a situation, only by grasping any advantage can we win the final victory.

Occupying the Sanchashui and gaining the initiative on the battlefield are more important than anything else in Yelu Dumin's eyes.

Even though the Songting Pass where he was located was closer to the Sanchashui, he still didn't dare to be careless, and kept urging his soldiers to hurry, to reach the front line as quickly as possible, and to gain a firm foothold first.

After a half-day rush, Yelu Dumin successfully arrived at Sanchashui.

As far as he could see, he didn't see a single soldier from the Southern Dynasty, so he couldn't help laughing: "It's worthwhile for us to hurry. Hurry up and cross the river immediately!"

As long as they cross the Luan River, they will win three points without a fight.

There was a pontoon bridge on the Luanhe River, but in order to deal with Yang Ye, they destroyed the pontoon bridge long ago.

However, although the Luanhe River is wide, the river is relatively shallow, no more than half a person deep, and the meanders are well developed, and people and horses can cross without rebuilding pontoon bridges.

Yelu Dumin was prudent and prudent by nature. While arranging soldiers to cross shallowly, he also sent soldiers to collect stones along the bank and build a simple line of defense to deal with the upcoming battle for the river beach.

Sanchashui is extremely strategic, and Yelu Dumin believes that the Southern Dynasty will not give up such a strategic location.

Before long, there will inevitably be a fierce battle.

They have to be ready and use whatever time is left to recover.

All actions are methodical.

Yelu Dumin saw that the last one had crossed the river, and the defensive stone stiles had been built on the river bank, he felt relieved and thought: "Now that the Southern Dynasty is coming, I am not afraid."

"Huh! What is that?"

Yelu Dumin heard a soldier's startled cry, and looked for his reputation.

His eyes were dumbfounded when he saw this: hundreds of black shadows, large and small, appeared on the wide river upstream, and they were moving towards them at an extremely fast speed.

The scorching sun in summer was a bit dazzling, Yelu Dumin put his hands on his forehead, squinted his eyes, trying to see clearly.

As the black shadow approached, Yelu Dumin discovered that the entire waterway was covered by thousands of rafts.There are many figures on it, obviously all soldiers from the Southern Dynasty.

He couldn't believe his eyes, there were many grasslands and deserts in Monan, and there were few trees, let alone woods.

Only near the Yanshan Mountains and the Mameng Mountains are there stretching mountains...

Yelu Dumin had fought in the grassland for half his life, and this was the first time he had seen such a battle.But after all, he has been through battles for a long time, and now he is facing a crisis, and multiple possibilities appear in his mind in an instant.

He thought about using bows and arrows to suppress the soldiers going down the river on the river beach, but this idea only existed in his mind for a moment before he dispelled it.

The strong bows and crossbows of the Southern Dynasty are far superior to them. Perhaps they have a certain advantage in riding bows, but they are completely incomparable with step bows and crossbows.

The Southern Dynasties did have a disadvantage on rafts, but their crossbows more than made up for it.

Yelu Dumin raised his voice and shouted, "Stay away from the river beach!"

In an instant, Yelu Dumin made a decision.

The three thousand Khitan elite riders moved after hearing the wind, and retreated more than three hundred steps one after another.

As the soldiers on the raft approached, Yelu Dumin let out a long breath, secretly glad that he had made the right decision.

All the soldiers on the raft held a crossbow in their hands, waiting to pull the expansion machine at them.

Bai obviously saw that the Khitan cavalry escaped from his range, and cursed secretly: "The thief is cunning!"

He is a native of Lujiang, Huainan, and a Wu Jinshi of the Dayu court. He was incorporated into the Lingbo Army of the Imperial Camp Division and was the only navy unit of the Imperial Camp Division.With the blessing of Wu Jinshi, he became the envoy of the Lingbo Army. This battle is also the first show of the Lingbo Army, so he wants to win a hearty victory.

The other party didn't cooperate.

Bai obviously studied writing in his early years, but because of his low status as a literati, he abandoned writing and practiced martial arts, and with the solemnity of a literati, he immediately said: "A battalion, B battalion, Wu battalion, and Ji battalion, presenting a cross-section of front and back arrows to treat the enemy. C Ziying, Tingying, cross the river and land on the shore!"

He calmly directed the soldiers to land.

Yelu Dumin originally intended to attack halfway, but when he saw the opponent's front and rear crossbow nets displayed above and below Luan Shui, he felt cold in his heart, and could only watch helplessly as the opponent landed.

Under Bai Xianxian's command, the C and D battalions who had landed pulled their raft ashore, and after making some improvements, it turned into a wooden fence.

Yelu Dumin's liver hurt from seeing it, but he still suppressed the discomfort and let the soldiers take turns to rest, waiting for the opportunity to attack.

The B-character camp and the E-character camp also landed...

Just when the Jiaziying and Jiziying were about to go ashore at the end, Yelu Dumin glared and shouted, "Khitan warriors, turn left and right, go around the fence, and pinch them into meatloaf."

Yelu Dumin already understood the current situation, and he had no choice.

His opponent was not only the thousands of Southern Dynasty soldiers in front of him, but also the cavalry troops who hadn't arrived yet.

Continue to consume, once the cavalry arrives, it's a good time to play.

The only way to win is to wipe out the enemy in front of him before the opponent's cavalry arrives.

It's just that Yelu Dumin knew that in order to seize time, he traveled hundreds of miles in a hurry and crossed the Luan River by force, which greatly affected the physical strength of the soldiers.On the contrary, the opponent came by boat along the river, and except for the helmsman, the soldiers' physical strength was not exhausted.

If he hit the opponent when he was halfway across, even if he took the casualties and wiped out the troops from the Southern Dynasties who landed, half of the crossbowmen on the river would still be unable to break through Luan Shui.Waiting for all the opponents to cross the river may not have the ability to completely wipe out the opponent.

Now that the opponent has two battalions left, it is the best time.

With the sound of horseshoes, Khitan cavalry rushed towards Dayu Lingbo's army by the river bank.

Bai had obviously been watching the movement of the enemy general, and when he saw the enemy rushing towards him, he moved his dantian with anger, and shouted with glaring eyes, "Fire the arrow!"

The crossbow arrows of Fuyuan crossbow flew through the air, and the sharp arrows shot towards the Khitan Jingqi like locusts.

The hundreds of Khitan elite cavalry rushing to the front instantly turned their backs or were hit by arrows, or their horses were wounded. Some of them even fell off their horses without even saying a word.

Yelu Dumin had been mentally prepared for a long time, and he didn't even blink his eyes. The only way to face the strong crossbow of the Southern Dynasty was to take advantage of the opponent's slow reloading characteristics and get close quickly.

The opponents are all pawns, as long as they get close, they will have an absolute advantage.

But what happened next left Yelu Dumin completely dumbfounded.

Obviously, after Bai shot an arrow, he didn't ask the soldiers to load the arrows, nor did he spread out the spear array to forcefully resist the cavalry's impact, but ordered all the soldiers to flee.

"Quick, retreat to Luan Shui!"

Bai obviously held his broadsword high, and instead of rushing towards the enemy, he commanded the soldiers to go down the river.

Pfft!
Pfft!
Pfft!
More than a thousand soldiers of Lingbo's army jumped into Luan Shui like frightened ducks.

A stern look flashed in Yelu Dumin's eyes, "Escape? Can you escape?"

Yelu Dumin rushed into the river first, and pierced the chest of a Lingbo soldier with a gun, and blood flowed down the river.

Just as he was about to charge forward, he unexpectedly found that he had lost the unique impact of cavalry.

But at this moment, Bai, who fled into the water, had obviously changed direction, and shouted that the Khitan cavalry who was reversed to limit the mobility of the water flow killed him.

　Sorry for the late update, there is no way, the epidemic broke out, someone in the community opposite the community where I live was recruited, and the whole street was blocked for three days.If you don’t dare to go home, you won’t be able to get out or go to work.I can only code words with my mobile phone, and I don’t have any information yet, so I worked it out a little bit.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)