The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 296 Night Attack, Anti-Night Attack
The mountain wind ran across the forest, and the sound of horseshoes and footsteps continued.

Geng Qing looked at the pleasant hills and plains in the distance, and occasionally there was smoke rising from the farmhouses in the distance. When there were footsteps following behind, he turned his face sideways.

"Siyuan, according to your years of military experience, if you were the commander of Liang Jun, how would you deal with it?"

The figure behind him stepped forward to salute, then looked at the scenery outside the mountain, looked at Shi Jingtang next to him, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Field battle."

"It's better to fix it first, and then find a way." This sentence was said by Shi Jingtang. When he saw Li Siyuan open his mouth, he couldn't help but express his opinion. There will be so many hard days.

The wind blew, and a strand of hair that came out of the bun swayed in the wind. Geng Qing looked at the outside of the mountain and nodded, and laughed twice. In fact, what the two of them said was not bad. Fifty thousand cavalry, it is true that they cannot fight with them, Khitan Years of battles have resulted in great victories, and they have developed an aura that looks down on the world. Even if the same relative number of soldiers and horses confront each other, just in terms of aura, they will overwhelm the opponent, and their combat effectiveness will also increase by a large amount. Morale will naturally be low, leading to a huge contrast.

On this point, when Geng Qing left Luoyang, he read the book of war overnight, saying the principle of "one vigorous effort, then decline and three exhaustion".

"Then you are Yelu Abaoji, what will you do now that you are here?"

"withdraw!"

Li Siyuan said without hesitation that he was not familiar with the Khitan people, but analyzed the current situation. For the Khitan, there is not much benefit to be gained. Now that Li Keyong has been defeated, it does not make much sense to waste it Well, maybe before leaving, you can still loot and take some people and animals back, it's not a waste of time.

After listening to the analysis, he had the same thoughts as Geng Qing. Yang Shihou led the army through the Taihang, and circled from the north of Mozhou, in order to send a clear signal so that the Khitan people retreated in spite of difficulties. If they really want to fight a decisive battle with [-] cavalry, only those who have lost their minds , will give birth to such an idea.

After talking for a while, Geng Qing got on his horse and let Shi Jingtang lead him, and went all the way down the mountain to meet Yang Shihou, Wang Yanzhang and other generals. At the same time, he also sent scouts to map the terrain and scout the Khitan soldiers and horses. If he could still contact Ge Congzhou's army , that's even better.

In the temporary camp that was set up, the Longxiang Army formed a small team to patrol around, and the infantry returned to the camp to rest. In the big tent, Yang Shihou and Geng Qing sat together and talked about the next thing, whether to launch a feint attack, to test this army The strength of the Khitan people, and then discussed the matter of contacting Ge Congzhou's soldiers and horses before they dispersed in the afternoon.

After driving for half a month, everyone was exhausted and went to rest in batches. On the second morning, Geng Qing woke up from the hustle and bustle of the barracks, and heard the dispatched scouts bring back Ge Congzhou's letter.

"The Khitans are withdrawing their troops?"

Yang Shihou looked at the content of the letter with some surprise. Ge Congzhou's handwriting on it also revealed doubts, obviously he didn't understand it at this time.

However, Geng Qing, who was seated on the right side of the tent, looked calm. The Khitan retreated, just as he had said to Li Siyuan, there was no profit for them, and they stayed and continued to fight. Only a brainless person would do this.

All the tents are veterans of the battlefield, and they will not take it lightly just because the Khitan Hu people have withdrawn.

"Whether he withdraws or not, we just need to stay firmly on this side, in case Khitan suddenly turns around and kills back."

"The Khitan has nothing to gain, so withdrawal is inevitable. But Yelu Abaoji is not an idler, and he really cannot be negligent."

Yang Shihou nodded, and put the letter paper back on the simple desk. After a while, he dispatched a large number of scouts to scatter. He rarely ran into Khitan scouts, and occasionally, the other party didn't entangle and fight. When he looked at it from a distance, he opened the distance go away.

Liang Jun's scouts pursued along the way, and also joined Ge Cong Zhou's scouts from the south, and began to sweep the wilderness west of Mozhou on a large scale. After the Khitan scouts were dispersed, traces of the army were finally exposed in front of their eyes.

Thirty miles west and north of Mozhou, the Khitan camp under the Crouching Tiger Hill, cavalry came in and out, and the standing wooden fences and gates were knocked down and set ablaze, apparently withdrawing troops.

A large number of cavalry stretched northward in long columns, and the mighty knights meandered along the ground like a long dragon.Seeing this scene, Liang Jun's scout cavalry avoided the patrolling Khitans, and immediately ran in the same direction as when the news was exchanged, and brought the news confirming the Khitan withdrawal back to the hands of the generals.

After destroying the camp, it seemed that the troops had really withdrawn, and Liang Jun breathed a sigh of relief.Geng Qing grasped the information Yang Shihou gave him, and after talking about Khitan's withdrawal, he walked out of the big tent, the sun above his head was slanting to the west, and another day was about to pass.

"gentlemen."

Back to the tent that belonged to him, Li Siyuan who was standing outside called out, Geng Qing nodded to him, and then the former dared to approach, and asked softly: "Mr. Siyuanguan's complexion seems to be a little bad, but is there something on his mind?"

Geng Qing smiled: "Not really, it's just that I feel a little uneasy."

"Didn't it be confirmed that the Khitans withdrew their troops and went north?"

"It's just too straightforward to leave." Here, Geng Qing looked at the young man in front of him, smiled and gave him the information, looked at the fading sun, and sighed, "Although I had thought about it before, Yelu Abao The machine is really withdrawn so simply, I am not used to it."

In the soft words, the afternoon sun gradually turned orange, and when it fell to the top of the mountain, the night spread from afar like a tide, engulfing the world.

In the quiet night, insects screamed in the mountains and grass, and in the dark night, there was a slight sound of bells, and then even this bell could not be heard.

huh~~
A rough breath sounded in the mountains in the distance. A war horse shook the mane on its neck with a rough breath. In an instant, a big rough hand stroked the mane. In the dark night, a pair of eyes were particularly bright, staring into the distance A camp with speckled bonfires.

The tall figure on the horse quietly raised its arms, someone nodded, and an order came out. In the blackness, dozens or dozens of scouts with horseshoes wrapped in cloth scarves ran through the night, and soon there were several sounds of fighting. , and then fell silent again.

At the second quarter of Haishi, the camp was still burning with speckled fires, and the voices of people were much quieter.

In the darkness, Yelu Abaoji looked up at the bright moon in the sky, bowed to the moon with his hands folded, and then slowly pulled out the blade at his waist.

"The time has come, Khitan warriors, can you prepare to dance like a pack of wolves under the moon?"

Behind them, groups of cavalry silently drew their weapons. In the darkness, their eyes were fierce like wolves, and the leaders and generals of each tribe began to return to the front of the cavalry to make final adjustments.

I thought that in response to Li Keyong's southward drive, he would have great gains, but unfortunately, the Shatuo people were Shatuo people after all, and they lost their blood. They were resisted in Zezhou City for the second half of the month. Like a dog, he fled back to Taiyuan with his tail between his legs.

Put it in front of Yelu Abaoji, after three battles, the Han army has rules and regulations, it is indeed powerful, but he is going to leave, no matter how powerful he is, if he kills for a while tonight and returns with the victorious army, he should abolish the Khitan The old system, defeated the most powerful army of the Han people, and gained prestige, it is time to integrate the various ministries.

After a while, the anxious war horse slowly stepped forward with a sound of urging, and Yelu Abaoji slanted his blade and slowly started to walk around on horseback.

"Khitan pack of wolves, follow your Yi Li Jin and win another victory—"

The slow-moving horseshoes gradually trotted, the limbs of the war horse moved further and further, and the next moment, it started to gallop.The pack of wolves following the head wolf was also silent at this moment, speeding up.

The sky was covered with silver light, and the black cavalry gradually charged, and the ground began to vibrate under countless horseshoes. The dull sound of horseshoes cut apart, like thunder rolling, flowing across the ground.

Rumbling--

The overwhelming black shadows galloped wildly, and the cavalry rushing to the front pulled out their bows and arrows and pulled out the bowstrings. The distant camp heard the movement of the arrow tower. On his chest, on the other side of the sentry tower, the soldiers had a little luck, the flying arrows were nailed to the fence in front of him, and he hurriedly shot a loud arrow.

"Enemy attack—"

In the Liang army camp, soldiers got out of their tents and hurriedly formed formation with steel knives in their hands. On the trembling ground, huge waves broke out in the dark night. Among several running Khitan cavalry, a huge tree hanging from the ground approached the gate. , slammed out, with a loud bang, the gate collapsed, and the mighty cavalry rushed into the Han camp with bows and arrows, and launched throwing at the soldiers running around, or the army formed by a forest of spears.

The flaming arrows were nailed to people, or fell on tents and ignited a fire, which immediately lit up the entire camp. However, in a panic, Yelu Abaoji, who led cavalry to kill a Liang soldier, killed a Liang soldier. , He looked at the Han soldiers who reacted quickly and frowned.

"A quick reaction or, already on guard?"

Surprised, he hastily called his personal guards, "Notify my wife, Yue Liduo, and the leaders of the ministries immediately, to get out of here!"

The moment the personal guards raised their horses and blew the horn, a large number of infantry and thousands of cavalry from the Liang army came to the rear of the camp for reinforcements.

"Sure enough, I am prepared!"

In the confusion, Yelu Abaoji reined in the reins, turned the horse's head, and raised the blade at the same time, "Send the order, rush out of the Han camp, and fight with them outside—"

(End of this chapter)