Water Margin people

Langoudian.

"Where are the traces of Liao soldiers?"

Yang Keshi looked at the terrain in front of him and frowned and asked the soldier who just reported the news.

"General, please look, there are traces of enemy cavalry passing by here!"

The soldier immediately pointed to the horse's hoof prints on the ground. The hoof prints were very distinct and were left not long ago.

"Leave only early in the morning!"

Looking at the hoofprints, Yang Keshi analyzed the time of the hoofprints. This was obviously the trace of a large group of cavalry passing by in the early morning when the dew was rising.

"The terrain of Langoudian is really..."

Yang Shizhong looked at the undulating terrain around him. Only the middle was a lowland. It was easy to get caught in this kind of terrain.

"General, why don't you catch up and take a look?"

All the generals were unwilling to retreat. They finally crossed the river, and they all wanted to have a fight to release the bad breath they had been holding in their chests for this period of time.

“Further ahead is Zhuozhou!”

Yang Keshi opened the map in his hand.

"General Yang, why not capture Zhuozhou directly? We can directly threaten Nanjing Xijin Mansion!"

Everyone said in unison.

"Proceed carefully!"

Yang Keshi looked around. The sky was completely bright, but there was no one around, not even the fleeing people could be seen. This made Yang Keshi very uneasy, but since he had to cross the river, he had to explore something. Come out, otherwise everyone will be held accountable when you return.

As they moved forward carefully, the traces of the cavalry crossing the border became more and more obvious along the way, which convinced the group that they were following the right direction.

"kill!"

Suddenly the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Yang Keshi looked around and saw the surrounding black cavalry appearing on the horizon. The thunderous sound of horse hooves made the earth shake, like a rolling black sandstorm swallowing the sky and the earth.

"No! Enemy! Leave quickly!"

Yang Keshi immediately realized that the enemy had already been ambushing here.

But there were cavalry rushing from all directions, and they had nowhere to escape.

"Follow me to break out! Follow my flag."

Yang Keshi's soldiers gathered in a group, holding a gun in one hand and their Yang-character general flag in the other, and shouted loudly.

The soldiers seemed to see hope for an instant, staring closely at the flag in Yang Keshi's hand. Yang Keshi took off his belt, tied the flag to his back, and charged south with the army.

"Don't let these treacherous Song people go, kill them!"

Yelu Zhongde roared and commanded the army to surround Yang Keshi's vanguard force.

Yang Keshi led his army and charged directly with the Northern Liao cavalry. Yang Keshi took the lead and stabbed several Liao army cavalry instantly. He wanted to create a gap and break out.

The two armies fought, and several soldiers around Yang Keshi died on the spot in an instant. The Northern Liao cavalry was obviously well-trained, and they were holding armor-breaking horses. The Song army's sophisticated armor could not play any defensive role.

"Kill them all and leave none of them!"

The soldiers of the Northern Liao army shouted in unison, and the shouts of tens of thousands of troops shook the sky. For a time, the morale of the Song army was completely gone.

"Kill with me!"

Yang Keshi roared, waving his spear and fighting desperately.

Those brought by Yang Keshi are all elites of the Western Army. Those who can fight with the Xixia people in the northwest all year round are not afraid of death. Seeing Yang Keshi flying the flag and fighting continuously, the ferocity in his heart was also aroused. As Yang Keshi rushed southward desperately, he started to fight.After all, Beiliao's troops were light cavalry, with limited armor defense. Frontal combat was not the strength of the light cavalry. For a time, they were killed by Yang Keshi and retreated continuously, and a hole was torn out of the huge encirclement.

"go!"

Yang Keshi shouted loudly and led his soldiers to tear open the hole, preparing to cover the soldiers behind him.

"Surround and encircle!"

With a large banner waving, Yelu Zhongde commanded the cavalry. He also saw that this Song army had extraordinary combat power. It was difficult to stop his Qingqi from the front, but the Qingqi was extremely fast. Yang Keshi could break through a line of defense. He He could let the cavalry form another line of defense. He didn't believe that these 3000 people could break through several lines of defense.

"General Yang, let's hold off the enemy!"

The people who were lagging behind also saw the enemy who was intercepting them in a roundabout way. They knew that they had no chance. If Yang Keshi insisted on covering them, no one would be able to leave. At this time, they could only choose to stay and die, so as not to destroy the entire army. Overturned.

Yang Keshi's eyes are about to burst. These are the soldiers who have been fighting with him for many years. If they are abandoned now, they will be dead.

"General Yang, go!"

The soldiers around Yang Keshi immediately embraced Yang Keshi and headed south. It was shameful to abandon Paoze, but if they all died, then Paoze's sacrifice would be in vain.

Yang Keshi was not a shy person, and he knew the current situation. He looked back deeply at the soldiers who were swallowed up by the Liao army, and continued to evacuate southward with everyone around him.

"kill!"

Yelu Zhongde waved the big banner again, and the Northern Liao cavalry changed their formations again. The cavalry automatically formed several pairs and quickly pursued Yang Keshi.

"Abandon the baggage and retreat with light cavalry!"

Yang Keshi looked at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, and felt anxious. The enemies were all light cavalry and were very fast. If they wanted to escape from pursuit, they had to lighten their load. In addition to weapons, they also needed to carry crossbows, armor, dry food, and water. throw away.

After discarding the baggage, Yang Keshi's army was obviously much faster, but the speed of the Northern Liao soldiers and horses was not slow either. Many slower Song troops were directly crushed by the Northern Liao cavalry.

After fleeing all the way to the vicinity of Baigou, Yang Keshi had less than a thousand riders left.

Nearing Baigou, Wang Zhen had already prepared to respond, and his trebuchet and crossbow were left directly on the south bank of Baigou.

Yang Keshi's army was quickly crossed the river by the supporting boats.

"General Yang, what's going on?"

Wang Zhen looked at Yang Keshi's remnant army in shock. Although he knew that Yang Keshi was attacked, he did not expect that there would be so many casualties, with casualties exceeding [-]%.

"Beiliao is not ready to surrender at all. They have already trained their army."

Yang Keshi pointed at the enemies gradually gathering on the north bank. These people were well-equipped and well-trained. It seemed like Bei Liao was about to surrender. The so-called meal was nothing more than obscenity.

The beacon fire was lit, and black smoke suddenly billowed out from the south bank of Baigou. News of the enemy's attack spread throughout the camps.

"Song Jun, nothing more than that!"

Yelu Zhongde looked at the Song army waiting in formation on the south bank and sneered.

Yelu Zhongde did not rush to cross the river, but led his army to camp on the north bank, as if he was going to fight decisively.

This made Yang Keshi and Wang Zhen on the south bank look gloomy. The Liao soldiers did not withdraw but still set up camp. This was a huge change.

But at this time, the South Bank was indeed leaderless. He Shen went to the rear to see Tong Guan, and the troops in Bazhou had no one to lead them.

Wang Zhen tried to be safe and felt that it was better to rely on the walled city to hold tight and wait for news from the rear.

Yang Keshi wanted to lead his troops across the river and fight to the death.

Yang Weizhong wanted to establish a solid defense line along Baigou to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

Among the teachers, Yang Weizhong was in favor.

Zhao Ming and Li Ming, who chose the vanguard army, had unclear attitudes and hoped to wait until He Shen came back or Tong Guan's order.