Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 513 94 Xunyang full of Jingzhan -11

The corpses of the Liao army were scattered all over the place. Because the cavalry of the Liao army came to rescue too quickly, the Song army had no time to cut off the head. They only cut off all the left ears and led the horses away in a hurry, but the horse dung was still hot. The spread of blood has not yet completely solidified.

The search of the Song army caused great difficulties for the cavalry of the Liao army. The horses had to rely on gnawing greens to maintain them, and fat loss was inevitable.The well water cannot be drunk, and if there are no streams or rivers in the camping place, they have to dig the ground to get water. Liao soldiers and horses are used to drinking yellow mud soup.Where the brigade of Song troops fled, the wells were filled with rotting corpses, and the villagers were nowhere to be found. The village was looted without a grain of food. "The passing of bandits is like a comb, and the passing of soldiers is like a grate." The cavalry of the Liao Army closely behind the Song Army deeply understood this saying that was circulated among the people in the Southern Dynasties.The mountains and rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the hills are densely covered. In the past few days, if the scouts are alone, they are easily ambushed by the Song army. Often, a hundred horses will not return.Ban Zima suffered heavy losses, and the commander Su Butai lost more than 100 people, all of whom were warriors in the clan. In addition to being heartbroken, Su Butai was even more angry: "These escaped with their tails between their legs, only dare to steal chickens." Song people who touch 'dogs!"

"General?"

"Chasing!" Su Butai's face was ferocious, and he choked out a sentence, "Song Zhu hasn't escaped yet."

The Liao army was best at identifying the traces of men and horses. They judged that the Song army hadn't gone far. They didn't care about restraining the corpses of their tribesmen.

After galloping for about half an hour, and arrived in Jiangzhou in more than ten miles, Su Butai couldn't help feeling anxious.It would be troublesome for this group of Song soldiers to escape back to Jiangzhou.At this moment, more than a hundred riders in front suddenly reined in their horses violently, and the horses neighed.As soon as they rushed up a slope, some people bent their bows and set arrows, some drew out their scimitars, the captain shouted loudly to form a team, and the cavalry who rushed down the hill hurried back.Panicked, the formation suddenly became disorganized.

"There's an ambush!" Subotai shouted in a flash of light in his mind, "What's going on? Don't 'chaos'!" Pulling out the scimitar in one hand, he urged his horse forward.He secretly wondered, Yan Zima had already found out that the road ahead was wide, with only some gentle hillsides and few trees, this was not a place to lay an ambush.

"Song Army!...Song Army!" The centurion running back could not speak clearly, ""There are so many,..., many Song troops! "

"What's going on?" Su Butai was puzzled, he waved his hand to let the centurion follow behind, just as he drove up the hill, he saw Song Jun, who was chasing after ten days without seeing him!On the gentle slope not far away, the Song army seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and they formed a neat formation.The Song army's formation was facing the rising sun in the east, and the shiny infantry armor reflected the bright sunlight, like pieces of sparkling lake water.There are long spears and long axes like forests, and more of them are musketeers who have made the Liao army suffer enough.The two hills near the large formation of the Song Army were also occupied by the camp of the Song Army, and banners of various colors floated high behind the Muzha Wall.

Subotai gasped, and involuntarily pulled the reins abruptly, and the horse stopped on the high slope.

"Song Army,..., this is the Zhen army," Su Butai could count the horses two or three miles away, and he quickly scanned the huge formation of the Song Army, "And, the Baoyi Army? "He shouted incredulously, "Did he be fooled?" A feeling of terror welled up in his heart, and Subotai suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Hurry up, report back to General Xiao!"

On the opposite side of the Liao Army, the Song Army had just completed their formation not long ago. At this time, the sun was in the east, and Yue Fei narrowed his eyes slightly. Covered with bloodshot eyes, shed tears whenever she met the glare of the light.This time, the Liao army's footsteps were calculated correctly, and troops were sent to occupy the battlefield in the morning and wait for the Liao soldiers. The sun will shine on the opposite side in the decisive battle in the afternoon.Yue Fei squinted his eyes and looked at the hillside on the right, where the flag of Zhao Zishuai was flying above the artillery barracks.Zhao Xingde insisted on a quick battle, and Yue Fei gave up his plan to let the Liao army take troops to the city of Jiangzhou first, and the suppressing army and the Baoyi army chose to fight in the open.The Liao soldiers followed the township all the way to Jiangzhou like an arrow from the string. Even if they found out that they were tricked, a decisive battle would be inevitable, and it was impossible to escape.What's more, this place suitable for the decisive battle of the army is not completely unfavorable to the cavalry of the Liao army.

Sure enough, after the forward of the Liao army discovered the Song army, not only did the brigade behind them not retreat, but they accelerated their journey, and all rushed to the battlefield at noon.The Liao army occupied the hillside opposite the large formation of the Song army. The cavalry formed a cavalry formation according to the formation of thousands of people. The cavalry built simple antlers around the formation with wooden stakes and branches. Swinging around the brigade, it seems to be messy and loose, not as strict as the Song Army's army formation, but the [-] to [-] cavalry, together with the horses, are densely packed, giving the Song Army's psychology, especially the psychology of the prefectural and county volunteers who have not fought. Enormous pressure.

However, with the horse stationed on the hillside, Liao Army coach Tie Muge was also uneasy.The Liao army followed the Song army all the way, seeking a decisive battle but failed. I don't know how many hidden losses they have suffered, and they are also ready to attack Jiangzhou Jiancheng. The clinker Song army suddenly put on an upright and decisive battle. Brother Timu couldn't figure it out.There will be a decisive battle sooner or later, why bother to retreat for more than 600 miles, is it fun to have two legs chased by four legs?

"General Tiemu, let me send my subordinates to test it out first?" Deputy Commander Xiao Xiangsheng said proudly.

Brother Tiemu was very cautious when the Song army fled all the way. Wherever the army passed, whenever they encountered a slightly more complicated terrain, they would send out scouts everywhere. The cavalry scattered, and the cavalry of the Song Army who were more familiar with the terrain took a lot of advantage.Some people complained to Xiao Xiangsheng that during the battle in Shuzhou, if Brother Tiemu hadn't been timid and hesitant before the battle, and he hadn't raised his troops to attack, the Song Army would not have defeated tens of thousands of Liao cavalry so easily.Although Xiao Xiangsheng didn't take it seriously, his impression of Brother Tiemu's timidity was even deeper in his heart.At this time, the Song Army came to the decisive battle with great fanfare, without any ambush, Xiao Xiangsheng couldn't help laughing secretly at Brother Temu's unfounded worries, so he took the initiative to ask his subordinates to test the truth of the Song Army.Zhen Gong retreated all the way here, maybe it was just a bluff, the Liao army sent thousands of cavalry to test it out, and the seemingly huge Song army was about to be defeated.

"Wait and see..." Brother Timu looked up at the sky. At noon, the scorching sun hung high in the middle of the blue sky, and the scorching sun made the warriors and horses a little wilted. "Again Let's wait and see, build the camp first, and then attack the Song army tomorrow morning." The morning air was cool, and the Liao army fired arrows from east to west, without the glare of the sun.

Xiao Xiangsheng let out a contemptuous "Huh!" and didn't ask for a fight again.He was a follower of Yelu Dashi for a long time in the descendant Xiao family, and this time he was under Brother Tiemu. Although he looked down on this prairie beard,

"Fire—" Zhao Xingde ordered, "The enemy doesn't move, blast them out!"

"Yes!" Gao Su shouted his orders, turned around and said, "Fire!"

"fire!"

"Fire!" The gunners of each artillery group ordered loudly.

Rows of artillery had already aimed at the hillside where the cavalry of the Liao army was arrayed. Although it was condescending and extremely suitable for cavalry formation, it happened to be within the firing range of the artillery.Zhao Xingde also took a fancy to this place early in the morning, and asked the gunners of the Artillery Battalion to aim and shoot several times.

"Boom--" "Boom--" "Boom--" black smoke rose.

Round iron cannonballs whizzed towards the cavalry of the Liao army in a dense formation. On the open battlefield between the two armies, the black flight trajectory of the cannonballs was very obvious. The cavalry of the Liao army seemed to have time to dodge in advance. However, early During the battle, the cavalry of the Liao army, who were familiar with the power of artillery, panicked.Although the cannonball flew a little slowly, it was still much faster than the speed of the war horse.Amidst the noise of people and horses, dozens of shells fell in arcs on the cavalry group that had not yet dispersed. Wherever the round shells passed, the scene of flying blood and flesh intensified the chaos of the cavalry of the Liao army. ', many commanders rushed down the hillside without even waiting for the commander's order.Everyone can see that Song Jun has already aimed at this slope, and staying on it is waiting for death!

"Damn it!" Brother Tiemu didn't know whether he was scolding himself or the cunning General Song.On the grassland, this slope is an excellent cavalry position, and anyone who sees it must occupy it first.However, the emergence of artillery has changed the rules of war. Just now he thought about building a camp overnight to strengthen his position, but now it seems that it is not so necessary.What kind of temporary camp can withstand the bombardment?

The artillery fire of the Song army has been announced, and there are only two ways in front of the Liao army, either fight or get out!

"It's all that cowardly bastard!" Xiao Xiangsheng retreated from the hillside in embarrassment. To be precise, he rushed forward, and a shell landed beside him, almost smashing the pride of this descendant into pieces. Xiao Xiangsheng couldn't help being furious.Unlike the prairie barbarians, Xiao Xiangsheng had seen iron barrel cannons before, and there were many in the Han army camp in Shangjing.Those artillerymen who walked tremblingly under the Khitan cavalry horses didn't even have the courage to look up.Xiao Xiangsheng never thought that the iron barrel guns played by those cowardly guys could stop the scimitars and bows of the Khitan cavalry. As long as the horses were fast enough, dealing with artillery was as easy as cutting down infantry.First capture the artillery barracks of the Song Army, and then rush down the hillside on that side to attack the flank of the Song Army's infantry.If Temuge led the army to charge from the front to cooperate, the two tens of thousands of cavalry groups would crush the bluffing infantry formation of the Song Army like an iron fist.

"It's no big deal!" Xiao Xiangsheng shouted, without any hesitation, he drew out his scimitar, "Follow me!"

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