The struggle of the reborn prince

Yelu Hongda, the former commander of the Western Liao Army, led the troops to reinforce and search for the traces of the Song Army. The surrounded 2000 men and horses crossed the dry river bed and entered the Gobi for another ten miles. There are endless mounds, no grass or tree can be seen here, and there are black stones and sandy seas everywhere. Now there are weapons and corpses scattered.

Yelu Hongda gasped. He knew that this was the 'Devil's Castle'. They were all towering mounds and sand dunes in different shapes, like a canyon. The roads inside were intricate and complicated. Lost, I want to come to the search team to hide in it to avoid the siege of the Song army.He didn't dare to enter rashly, so he sent a team of scouts to search, find out the situation, find out the strength of the Song army, and at the same time let everyone be vigilant to prevent the Song army from sneaking in.

More than half an hour later, the scouts reported that they had gone five miles deep and heard the sound of fighting ahead, because they dared not approach because of the presence of Song troops around, and the complex terrain made it impossible to judge the enemy's deployment and strength.Yelu Hongda was a little hesitant. This place was like a maze and one would get lost if one was not careful. Moreover, they were in the open and the enemy was in the dark, so they were easily attacked.But their own people are trapped in it, and they can't just ignore death.

"The three armies obey the order. Let's enter along the main road. We can't divide our troops without authorization. After we find the enemy, we will wipe it out quickly. After saving our companions, we will immediately withdraw from the same road!" My 2000 Song army fought all night and failed to eat. It would be too many, Yelu Hongda thought about it and decided to go in to save people, but he still left [-] troops outside to support them, and the brigade was divided into front, middle and rear armies.The teams distance themselves so as not to be trapped at the same time.

The road is more than thirty feet wide.It can accommodate the brigade to march, and all the troops of the Western Liao Army can file in.Kill where the battle is still going on.Yelu Hongda led the Chinese army to walk in the middle, and they had gone five miles into it to see the corpses all over the ground, but they had not yet reached the battlefield. Just when he was wondering, the forward came to report that they had found the Song army, and they killed him immediately San has joined the trapped friendly forces.

'Boom...' Before Yelu Hongda could heave a sigh of relief, there were several explosions from behind, like thunder on the ground. He hurriedly looked back and saw the dust covering the sun rising into the sky.And rolling along the road, as if encountered a storm, soon all the people and horses were caught in it, and there was no one within ten steps away. The marching brigade immediately fell into chaos.

After a while, when the sand and dust settled slightly, a soldier at the end of the team panicked to report that the sand dunes behind the road suddenly collapsed.Blocked the road and made it impossible for men and horses to climb over, cutting off the connection with the defenders.Yelu Hongda was even more amazed to push down the mound as high as tens of feet in an instant, and how much strength it took to block the road, and they searched both sides of the road.No Song army was found to be haunted. Could it be that God helped the Song army?

"Move forward immediately, find a way to break through!" Now the situation is very clear.Song Jun wanted to cut off their retreat, and they were not allowed to think too much.Yelu Hongda hastily ordered.

The soldiers hurriedly arranged their formation and rushed forward quickly, but they didn't know that they could only walk two hundred steps.There was another series of loud noises ahead.This time the blasting point was very close to Yelu Hongda. He saw with his own eyes that the two mounds in front of him shook violently, as if they had been pulled up and put down violently, trembling a few times and falling down inward. The team was too late and unable to dodge, and was instantly swallowed by the pouring sand.

'Hi Er, Er Er...' In the face of this power that moves mountains and seas, people are frightened out of their wits, not to mention the most frightened animals, they can no longer remain silent in the face of a sudden disaster, they neigh loudly and roll their hooves The kicks scurry about in the dust all over the sky, and the masters, who were still petrified, fall under the horses and step on them under the iron hooves.

In the chaos, Yelu Hongda was not spared either. He was knocked down by a frightened horse, and the guards were not in a hurry to rescue him. Fortunately, he had rich experience in battle, and his old arms and legs were still flexible. Injury is inevitable.But he could save himself but not others. He could only watch helplessly as the soldiers in the mist were in a mess, conflicting with themselves and unable to stop them. What a tragedy for the future of a leader...

When the dust settled, everyone found that the two explosions separated the central army from the forward and the rear, and they fell into a situation where there was no way to advance and no way to retreat. The panic caused was worse than the explosion just now, "Song army... "Suddenly a howl that was no longer human voice pushed the crowd to the point of fear. The soldiers of the Liao army looked around in panic, only to see countless figures of the Song army emerging from the sand dunes and mounds by the roadside. The bow and arrow aimed at the Liao army on the road.

"Don't panic, prepare for battle!" Yelu Hongda struggled to stand up, drew his sword and roared loudly trying to restore order. At this moment, in order to avoid the collapsed mound, all the troops rushed to the center and crowded into a group. The Song army only needed a burst of arrows Rain can kill a piece.But everyone just took a sand bath and they all look like yellowish natives. How can you tell who is who, and how do you know that the man dancing around with a knife is their leader.

"We are surrounded by the Song Army, let's get out!" Seeing that the road was blocked, some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to break out and rush towards the road. In the chaos, people have not recovered their ability to think, and they rushed back after seeing someone taking the lead Go, but the towering and steep mounds deter the horses, and they have no other way but to fly out with wings.Some desperate soldiers got off their horses and tried to climb over, but how could the Song army above agree, the strings were ringing, and the Liao army was shot down by arrows and rolled downhill.

"Abandon your weapons and surrender, spare your life!" A rain of arrows shot back the Liao army who wanted to break through, and the blood of their companions also calmed them down. From the side came the voice of Song Jun to persuade him to surrender.

"I am Yelu Hongda, the former commander of the army, let your general answer!" Seeing the steep mounds on all sides, the thousands of people huddled together in panic like a group of mice that had fallen into a box. Yelu Hongda realized that it was suddenly impossible to rely on his own strength, so he stood up and shouted at Song Jun with his neck raised.

"I have long admired Yelu Dutong's prestige, and in the Song Dynasty, the Western Expeditionary Army's supply detachment controls Liu Ji. I don't know what Dutong wants to ask!" The Song Army erected a general flag, and someone under the flag replied loudly. As for whether it is true or not, only God knows up.

Liu Ji can also be regarded as an old man in the Xiangyi Army. He started as a cook, after layers of training and selection, he is now the head of the Supply Bureau of Fusi in Hedong Township. He was appointed as the commander of the supply detachment for this Western Expedition.After they withdrew from Yanbo City, they moved here. Unexpectedly, the supervising army also arranged a combat mission for them, which was to lure the Liao Army search team here by revealing their flaws, and then besieged them, and then used them as bait to lure them. More enemies come here, so that the enemy's troops will continue to divide and reduce the pressure when attacking the enemy's camp.

After the supply detachment was ordered, Liu Ji began to use his brain to think of a way. He would definitely not be able to gain any glory in the battle with the enemy cavalry, and the supervising army had an order not to kill them recklessly. It was best to capture them alive to facilitate subsequent negotiations.After pondering for a long time, he realized that he had two major advantages: one was the intricate terrain and special landform of the Devil City; the other was that he also had a magic weapon in his hand, which was an engineering battalion that was good at blasting operations.As long as the enemy can be lured in, the mountain pass will be blown up and the road will be blocked. The enemy will not be able to escape even if they want to.

"Liu Dutong, I advise you to make way for us to leave, and you can save your life, otherwise, when the army arrives, you will not be left alone!" Hearing that the other party asked a civilian leader to answer him, Yelu Hongda said He was angry, and he was not polite when speaking, threatening.At this time, everyone also recognized their Dutong, and gathered together to raise the banner and shields in front to avoid being injured by the Song army. This has some momentum.

"Tsk tsk, Yelu Dutong is really polite. It's a pity that your army is in danger at the moment and won't be able to come for a while, so don't wait!" Liu Ji shook his head and smacked his lips.

"Hmph, even if the army doesn't come, I can kill all of you and leave you on your feet!" Yelu Hongda was surprised, but he didn't quite believe it, thinking that the other party was threatening, he continued to threaten, but everyone listened to Dutong's words Feel a little lack of confidence.

"Don't hold back, Yeludu. Your forwards are already stuck in the canyon ahead, and the rear army and those who are responding outside are trapped on the road behind you. However, they are very sensible and have already surrendered. Now it is read My emperor married the princess of the Shu Kingdom in Daliao, and the two countries are still in-laws. We don’t want to turn our relatives against each other and make outsiders laugh at us for some trivial matter. So we endured and did not kill, otherwise...hehe!" Liu Ji said halfway, but he I believe that the Xiliao army understands what it means.

"Don't be alarmist, my Liao army is full of warriors, how could I surrender to you insidious Han people? You are also opponents!" Yelu Hongda refused to admit it, but he already believed in his heart that his forwards and defenders must have made contact with him. Treat yourself alone, otherwise they won't sit back and watch themselves trapped.But now there is no sound of shouting for killing, presumably he was caught in a trap.

"Yelu Dutong, judging by your age and your spoken Chinese, you probably fought against the Jurchens in the Central Plains. If you can defeat them, you won't hide in this remote place. Now that the Jurchens have seen us All we have to do is run away, and it is not shameful for you to surrender to us!" Liu Ji said with a smile.

"You..." Yelu Hongda was so choked that his mouth was tongue-tied and his face was red, he couldn't speak.

"Yeludutong, it's getting dark, we don't have time to catch up with you here, you can choose two ways: one is to lay down your weapons and surrender, and we will be friends by eating meat and drinking wine; the other is to bury your bones in this devil city! "Liu Ji's face suddenly changed... (to be continued...)