Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 517 94 Xunyang full of Jingzhan -15

"You—" Xiao Xiangsheng's eyes flashed a gloomy cold light, he never thought that this barbarian would use His Majesty and military orders to suppress him.Under the eyes of everyone, he could not openly disobey orders, Xiao Xiangsheng's expression changed several times, and he sneered twice, "You are so majestic, you are so majestic! The failure to enlist the troops today caused the army to retreat. I want to see, what remedy do you have?"

Xiao Xiangsheng was full of resentment, he thought to himself that he did not act recklessly today.Ban Zima had already explored this area, and there was no trace of Nanman a few days ago.These Song troops clearly arrived at the battlefield not long ago, and the camp was built hastily.The Liao army was mostly cavalry, which was good at attacking but not good at defending. The only favorable terrain was covered by the artillery fire of the Song army.The key to controlling the situation on the battlefield is to take down the Song army's artillery fortress. Therefore, Xiao Xiangsheng did not hesitate to attack the artillery fortress with the casualties of Khitan soldiers and horses. But he was charged with "sending troops without authorization".

"Tell me, is there any remedy?" Xiao Xiangsheng stared at Brother Tiemu, his eyes seemed to burst into flames.

All the generals also looked at Brother Tiemu, the firelight made everyone's faces cloudy and uncertain.Since the Liao army on the East Road invaded the south, it has been like a broken bamboo. The Song army along the way will either be defeated at the first touch, or will surrender in hope of the wind.With only [-] Liao troops, they actually swept across the entire Jiangnan East Road in more than a month, and took down Hangzhou, Jiangning and other famous cities and towns. After a month, the number of casualties and horses was several times that of before. From top to bottom, the morale of the army was floating, and the prestige of Temuge, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, also fell to the bottom.

Brother Tiemu waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to retreat, and let all the generals go into the big tent.The temporary leather tent looked very crowded, and the generals sat cross-legged, with a simple topographic map of mountains and rivers spread out in the middle, and other tea bowls, pastries, etc. hadn't had time to be placed yet.Brother Tiemu looked around at the generals in the tent, was silent for a moment, and then asked the commander to appease his subordinates, beware of the Song cavalry attacking the camp at night.Only Xiao Xiangsheng and Wanfu Chief Xiao Dinian were left in the tent, and Brother Tiemu said: "The people of Song Dynasty pretended to be at odds and led us here all the way with ulterior motives. I think it's better not to rush to a decisive battle with them. Although This battle is related to His Majesty's plan, but to fight Xiangyang and Ezhou, there is no reason to risk the lives of these tens of thousands of warriors!"

"What?" As soon as Brother Tiemu finished speaking, Xiao Xiangsheng jumped up, pointed at him and said, "How dare you disobey the emperor's orders?"

Brother Tiemu didn't even look at him, and continued: "There is a saying in the Southern Dynasties that the general is outside, and the king's order is not acceptable. Your Majesty ordered us to attack the Song army all the way west. We thought the Song army in Ezhou was a mob. But these few battles After the battle, you also know that these Song soldiers are not sheep, they are not only brave, but also cunning, and they cannot be easily defeated." His voice was not loud, and there was no deliberate power, but it had a persuasive force.

Xiao Xiangsheng stared at Brother Tiemu, and then turned his gaze to Xiao Direnian.Xiao Dinian has always been in the Western Expeditionary Army, and after each battle, he felt that something was wrong, and he knew that Brother Tiemu was not a brave or foolhardy person.He had his own roots, and when he saw Xiao Xiangsheng pointing his eyes at him, he only turned his eyes to the side.

"This Xi slave!" Xiao Xiangsheng secretly said, "In just a few months, he was subdued by the barbarians in the North. The Jurchen Jin Kingdom is a lesson from the past. The people in the south are weak. My Daliao Kingdom started from the north. What we really need to be careful of is the These nonsense." Thinking of this moment, Xiao Xiangsheng's eyes turned cold, he stood up abruptly, and sternly said to the two: "Our army is marching westward to attract the Song army from Ezhou to come to a decisive battle. This is His Majesty's order. How dare you two resist the order? ?"

"The emperor's decree is not to tell you to defeat the battle! Retreat for the time being, not blindly retreat. Most of us are cavalry, not to mention that Song people can't catch up with two legs, even if they dare to chase, not every place is suitable for their artillery and The situation, as long as you leave tens of miles away, who is the prey and who is the hunter may be reversed! We have attracted the Song Army from Ezhou, and more than half of His Majesty's will has been completed. Now let's avoid it for now and don't touch the Song Army. If they came to chase us, we retreated for a fight. They wanted to retreat, but we stuck with them. Dragging them to the back, if His Majesty puts more effort into it, we may not be able to defeat Xiangyang and Ezhou in one fell swoop!" Tie Mu The more the brother spoke, the louder he stood up, staring at Xiao Xiangsheng's eyes like a knife, and said coldly, "Are you a bear? Are you a leopard? Song Jun obviously set a trap to wait for you Go drill, even bears and leopards know how to dodge, but you want to plunge in headlong, not counting your own death, but also taking the lives of tens of thousands of warriors!" He glanced to the side, and Xiao Dinian also stood up , his lips parted, as if trying to persuade a fight, but in the end he didn't make a sound.

"You?..." Xiao Xiangsheng couldn't help being furious, and shouted, "What a barbarian, how dare you scold me?" Said, "Okay, okay, okay," pointing to Brother Tiemu and Xiao Dinian, "You wait for me..." After speaking, he turned around and left.

The tent door was wide open, dust and grass blew in from outside the tent, Brother Tiemu's face turned livid, while Xiao Dinian shook his head: "Xiao Dutong is a descendant, and he is always used to smooth sailing, and he is not angry after losing battles." It is also a common thing. If this matter is brought up in front of His Majesty, Sir Timu Brother can stand up."

Timo nodded.Chief Wan Xiao Dinian was like the supervising army sent by the Liao Kingdom, vaguely restraining Brother Tiemu, but Xiao Xiangsheng made such a fuss, invisible, Xiao Dinian and Brother Tiemu left a little closer.

Xiao Xiangsheng rushed back to the camp angrily, and when he told about the retreat, his subordinates were all indignant, and they all scolded the miscellaneous Hu Fan for not understanding the general situation. "Does the Great Liao Kingdom belong to our Khitan people?" The commander Shi Jianu drew out his knife and shouted, "Master Dutong has spoken, I will immediately chop off that bastard!"

"Yes!" Subotai also said loudly, "Your Majesty will give him a little praise, and this dog will regard himself as a human being!"

He scolded happily, and all the generals laughed.Most of the Khitan generals of the Eastern Liao Army came from the Houmen family in Shangjing.Although Yelu Dashi has promoted de-Sinicization and returned to Khitan since he came to the throne, in the eyes of these people, Khitan people are different from those miscellaneous beards.During this Eastern Expedition, many noble sons of Khitan admired the prosperity of the southeast cities of the Song Kingdom, and one after another joined the Eastern Route Army. Although these people are usually domineering, but for the sake of their bravery in battle, Yelu Bijie is quite handsome. Knowing that this Western Expedition, Xiao Xiangsheng was actually going to be angry with a miscellaneous general, and suddenly it seemed that ice water was poured into a frying pan, and all the generals exploded all of a sudden, clamoring to give Zahu a little color have a look.

The generals were filled with righteous indignation, but Xiao Xiangsheng's anger was calmed down a little. Usually, it is effective to win over these brothers from Shangjing.In the noisy and noisy room, many people pulled out their waist knives, some said they wanted to order their subordinates to reason with Temuge, some said they wanted to go back to Hangzhou to seek justice from Yelv Bijie.

"Wait!" Xiao Xiangsheng's face was slightly cold, and he raised his right hand to stop him, "That miscellaneous Hu is very cunning, and in the name of commanding the army, maybe he is waiting for us to do everything!" The generals exchanged After looking at it, Shi Jianu shouted: "Is it just like this?"

"Hmph," Xiao Xiangsheng sneered twice, and said to the generals, "We Khitan men, we can't let Zahu see the joke."

"so what should I do now?"

Xiao Xiangsheng shook his head, and suddenly asked: "Everyone has been attacking the artillery barracks and fighting the Song people for a long time. What do you think of the Song army's falsehood?"

The generals looked at each other in blank dismay. They had all fought against the Song army, but after careful recollection, the battle during the day was indeed a bit weird.Subotai said with a thoughtful expression on his face: "The soldiers and horses in the big formation are well-trained and elite soldiers from the Southern Dynasty, but those guarding the artillery fortresses are commonplace. If the guards were not brave, there would be a powerful The cavalry is inside, I'm afraid they have been captured by us long ago."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone said with fists and palms: "Yes!" Shi Jianu also said angrily: "If it weren't for the continuous bombardment of artillery, twice as many Song pigs would not be enough to see." The battle was really suffocating.It would be fine if the opponent was elite soldiers from the Hebei and Hedong camps, but they turned out to be a group of soldiers from the southeastern states and counties.As usual, hundreds of cavalry can drive tens of thousands.Therefore, after being reminded by Xiao Xiangsheng, all the generals beat their chests and stamped their feet, feeling that they had lost a lot during the day.

"That's right." Xiao Xiangsheng sneered, "The Song army guarding the artillery fortress itself is ordinary, but they have three sharp weapons. The first is the powerful artillery, the second is the command of the generals, and the third is the cavalry. But at night, this The three things will lose their power, the artillery fire is inaccurate, the black lights are blind, and they can't calmly dispatch soldiers and horses like in the daytime, cavalry, hehe," he sneered twice, "there are only a few of them, and they are not enough for us to fight head-to-head. The Khitans have stuffed their teeth."

"Your Excellency, you mean," Subodai said, "Night attack?"

"Yes!" Xiao Xiangsheng nodded vigorously, "The Song army just won a big victory, and these mobs are so happy that they let go of their guard. Let's kill the carbine at night, step on his artillery battalion, and The artillery is destroyed. The terrain here is open, but there are some hills, without the help of the artillery, in the daytime, I want to see what they use to fight us!"

All the generals listened, their expressions changed from hesitation to excitement, some had serious expressions, some had a sharp light in their eyes, and some gritted their teeth fiercely.

"Brother Tiemu, you dare to accuse me of sending troops without authorization," Xiao Xiangsheng sneered, "This time we will do nothing but attack the artillery barracks of the Song army to win the victory alone. In the future, I will fight again Meet His Majesty and Lord Beiyuan, and punish him for his cowardice and fear of war!" He looked around at the generals and asked, "Are you going to go to this great achievement?"

The generals looked at each other, and after a short while, everyone came to their senses, and Luan loudly agreed: "Go, why don't you go!" "Yes! Destroy Song Zhu's cannon!" "Follow Lord Xiao!" Great Gong, let's see what face that bastard has to instigate us!"