Water Margin people

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Xiao Qian led his army towards the front line of Liangshan, as if he wanted cavalry to charge into battle.

"Uncle, the Liao people are attacking!"

Li Yan quickly reported to Li Zhu.

"Why are you so anxious? You are already a general commanding 2000 people, and you are still impatient. Follow me out!"

Li Assistant glanced at Li Yan and said.

"The Liao people are coming with force. Are they setting off a beacon fire?"

Li Yan pointed to the beacon tower in the camp and said, as soon as this thing is lit, the surrounding camps will come to help immediately.

"Don't worry, our camp can't be broken by the Liao people!"

Li Zhu shook his head. They were not infantry exposed on the plains. They were blocked by camps and surrounded by layers of dissatisfied horsemen. The cavalry could not get close at all.

"Xi Wang Xiao Qian?"

Li Zhu climbed to the high platform and saw the huge flag of King Xi.

"Prepare the bow and crossbow!"

Li Zhu opened the mouth and said.

"Prepare the bow and crossbow!"

Li Yan immediately ordered to the soldiers.

"Squeak", the sound of the bow string sounded, and the shining arrow appeared on the edge of the Yingzhai village, and after refusing the horse.

"Load the cannons too!"

Li Zhu spoke to Li Yan in a low voice again.

"artillery?"

Li Yan looked at Li Zhu in confusion. Artillery was not as lethal as crossbows against the charging cavalry.

"Do you think Xiao Qian is really going to charge over? This is the prestige he gives us. He will stop when he gets close to the range of the crossbow!"

Li Zhu shook his head and said.

"Push out the artillery, it's well hidden!"

Li Yan immediately called the soldiers to push out the artillery. They were equipped with a new artillery that fired solid projectiles, which was more powerful and had a longer range.

Ten artillery pieces were pushed covertly to the edge of the camp, and firing ports had been prepared on the camp wall.

Xiao Qian's army shouted for those who were charging to kill, and tens of thousands of riders rushed to kill them together. The mighty impact was like a tsunami, seeming to directly flood the camp in front of them.

But just one mile away from the camp, the cavalry stopped. The cavalry formed a formation, like a pack of wolves watching a lamb hiding in a sheepfold.

"Oh...oh cluck!"

The Northern Liao cavalry made strange screams.

"Humph, stupid!"

Li Zhu sneered and looked at the Northern Liao cavalry in the distance. This kind of intimidation was enough to deal with the Song army that lacked training and war experience. It would be extremely stupid to use it to deal with the Liangshan army.

"Fire and let those idiots see it!"

Li Assistant looked at Li Yan and said.

"fire!"

Li Yan gave an order, and ten artillery pieces roared suddenly, and projectiles flew towards the enemy in the distance.

The Bei Liao cavalry stood very densely, and the artillery shells hit them, instantly causing chaos in the Bei Liao formation. Several cavalrymen hit by the Bei Liao artillery were directly turned into pieces of corpses, and were shot everywhere in the military formation. One person.

"Stay away, withdraw!"

When Xiao Qian saw such a scene, he was very anxious. He did not expect that the enemy's artillery could attack a mile away, and its power was so extraordinary. He immediately ordered the army to disperse and retreat. The Liao Kingdom also had artillery. He knew that artillery was the most powerful. The fear is that the enemy will be scattered.

Another round of artillery roar sounded, and once again several cavalrymen were beaten into pieces.

They came in a hurry and left in a panic. This was the result of Xiao Qian's demonstration.

"Uncle, run away!"

Li Yan laughed and said, Bei Liao soldiers and horses are nothing more than this, they are all flesh and blood, what's the big deal.

Not long after, a Northern Liao cavalry man approached the camp alone.

"I am the envoy under Xiao Qian, the Great King of Xi Sixth Tribe of Northern Liao Dynasty!"

The cavalryman shouted loudly outside the camp.

The gate of the camp slowly opened, and the Juma outside the camp also opened a hole.

The Bei Liao cavalry rode on horseback and wanted to go in, but after resisting the horse, the sound of bowstrings sounded, and several arrows directly hit the Bei Liao cavalry's horse. The horse screamed and fell down. The cavalry was also thrown to the ground due to inertia and fell. Dogs eat shit.

"Are you worthy of riding a horse into our camp?" Li Yan looked coldly at the Beiliao cavalry who fell in front of him and laughed. This group of people wanted to "show off" to themselves, so he used himself to give them a real show of power.

"Take off his weapons, strip off his armor, and bring him into the camp tied up!"

Li Yan didn't wait for the fallen Bei Liao to recover, he just said these words and returned to the camp.

Soon the Bei Liao cavalry who was tied up by Wuhua Da were brought to the camp.

"Your Majesty!"

The Bei Liao cavalry was pushed to the ground by the Liangshan soldiers before they could speak.

"Tell me, what did Xiao Qian ask you to do?"

Li Yan asked, looking at the kneeling Beiliao cavalry.

"King Xiao wants to see your Sun Lei from Liangshan!"

The cavalryman spoke.

"Zhang Zui! You can also call me by my first name."

Li Yan's face turned cold, and the soldiers immediately went up with wooden planks and slapped the Northern Liao cavalry in the face.

"Bah bang bang", after a burst of sound, the Bei Liao cavalry's mouth was full of blood, and several teeth were knocked out.

"Go back and tell Xiao Qian that my brother will summon him when he is free in a few days!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to throw the cavalry out of the barracks.

"Uncle, as expected, Xiao Qian wants to see my brother!"

Li Yan looked at Li Assistant and said.

"Send someone to tell brother about this."

Li Assistant nodded.

The cavalrymen who were thrown out of the barracks had blood on their faces, only single clothes on their bodies, and no weapons, armor, or horses. It was quite miserable.

The Beiliao cavalry did not dare to stay long and ran towards the direction of the army on their legs.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates are going to clear out the camp of those thieves!"

He Chongbao was furious when he saw the envoy in such a mess and heard the enemy's arrogant words.

"You said you only saw a general in his 20s?"

Xiao Qian looked at the cavalry and asked.

"It should be Li Yan from Liangshan!"

The cavalryman replied that Li Yan had been stationed in Cangzhou for some time, and many people knew Li Yan.

"Your Majesty, Sun Lei should still be on the south bank of the Yellow River!"

Kangli Ding'an looked at Xiao Qian and said.

"Command the army to camp here!"

Xiao Qian did not let He Chongbao retaliate. He had also seen the enemy's camp just now. The camp had both horses and bows and artillery inside. Their [-] cavalry couldn't take down such a strong camp.

The news was quickly sent to the south bank of the Yellow River, and Sun Lei was inspecting the garrison status of each battalion.

"Brother, as expected, Xiao Qian can't sit still."

Gongsun Sheng looked at Sun Lei with a smile and said.

"This group of barbarians still wants to play tricks with us, but we can't kill him!"

Sun Lei laughed. He guessed that Xiao Qian couldn't bear it for long. After all, it is not an exaggeration to say that the situation in Beiliao is very critical.

"Ignore him. Let's continue patrolling and wait until Li Yan gets there."

Sun Lei did not set off to cross the river immediately, but continued to inspect the defense of each battalion.

Along the Bohai Sea, there are four camps: Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Wang Jin, and Du Bo.

"How's the route scouting going?"

Sun Lei looked at Yang Zhi and asked.

"The optimal route to the north has been found. The cavalry can reach Pingzhou in one day and Jinzhou in three days!"

Yang Zhi cupped his fists.

"Well, Shi Qian has already taken people with him. He will help you find out the situation of the garrison along the way, and then quickly capture Pingzhou!"

Sun Lei looked at Yang Zhi and others and said, naturally, the gateway areas of Liaodong and Hebei must be controlled first. (End of chapter)