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Chapter 25 Purple Robe

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Zong Wang's courage was indeed admirable, so he brought ten guards and then, accompanied by Li Hu, carefully checked the battlefield...

The rebel army had been deployed, and the generals of each army were waiting in the designated position. Li Hu did not hide it and pointed it out to Zong Wang in detail. After walking around, Zong Wang probably knew it, and then discussed the attack strategy with Li Hu.

The battlefield chosen by Li Hu is about twenty miles in the range of the battlefield and the terrain is relatively complex.

The northeast end of the battlefield is Tongchang City.

To the east is the Xihe River. This river flows out from Mount Targas and flows south into the Daling River. The road from Chengzhou to Yizhou is to go down the Xihe River. The defensive formation of the rebel army started from the Xihe floating bridge in Tongchang City, lined up along the east bank of the Xihe River, and went to Changyili for about twenty miles.

To the south of the battlefield are rolling mountains, called Zidutai, the locals.

The west side of the battlefield is also covered with mountains. This is the western foot of Mount Targlutinous Mountain. However, there are no high mountains, and there are some undulating hills. The locals call it Xishan. From Xishan to Zidutai, there are basically valleys. The road from Xingzhong Prefecture to Chengzhou is through this valley. Now the Liao army is coming quickly along this road.

The rebel army has set up its formation, using the Xihe as a barrier to block the Liao army, and cover the people and baggage evacuation. This is equivalent to telling the Jin army that the main attack mission will be handed over to you. Li Hu has reason. I fought from Mount Targas to Chengzhou, and I fought bloody battles, not only to lose my troops, but also to lose my generals, and the soldiers were exhausted and could not fight. Otherwise, why would I be humble, swallow my anger, and take the initiative to join forces with you to attack the enemy? If you don't fight, the rebel army will be defeated by the Jin Kingdom, but it will be beneficial to you.

Zong Wang was very happy and did not push back and forth, so he directly came up with an attack strategy.

The Liao army is marching rapidly, and it is estimated that it will reach Chengzhou this afternoon. If nothing unexpected happens, Yelu Chun will seize Tongchang City, so the battle will begin soon. The rebel army set up a formation on the east side of the battlefield and is responsible for frontal attacks. It creates the illusion of desperate blocking the Liao army, so as to lure the Liao army into attacking with all their might and consume the Liao army. The Jin infantry was entering Tongchang City at noon, pretending to be a rebel army, defending the city to the death, thinking that it would restrain and support.

The fatal blow was launched by the Jin horse army. The horse army lurked in the hills of the west mountain, waiting for an opportunity to leak down from the west mountain, and directly attacked the Liao Zhong army. Whether it could defeat the Liao army? This is the attack.

Time is rushed and both sides lack trust. Joining forces to fight against the enemy is just to achieve their respective goals. Therefore, it is enough to have a basic strategy for a joint attack site. There is no need to draw up a detailed plan. Even if there is this plan, both sides will not abide by it. They will fight as much as they want.

The two agreed to contact codewords and other details of supporting each other, and then bowed and said goodbye. There was no nonsense, not even a polite word.

The head coaches of various departments of the Jin army rushed outside Tongchang City one after another.

Zong Wang roughly described the terrain of the battlefield. The terrain here was familiar to the Jin army, because last year Zong Wang defeated Yelu Chun twice in Huizhou and Targlutinous Mountain and captured Chengzhou. At that time, Wushu was stationed in Chengzhou, but later he was taken back by Yelu Dashi.

The Jin army had only 50,000 people, and Zong Fu's army was hidden. There were only 30,000 people who were really used to attack the Liao army. But these Jin generals were not afraid. They were all full of confidence, as if as long as they fought out, Yelu Chun would be defeated and fled. The Jin people had the capital to be arrogant, and Yelu Chun was their defeated general. In recent years, they had been invincible and invincible in fighting against Liao. So whether they were fighting Yelu Chun or the Liao army, they were very confident and determined to win.

In addition, Li Hu must have to work hard. In order to cover the retreat of 400,000 people, the little thief had to grit his teeth and support him no matter what. If he fled at the last minute, the rebel army would be over. At present, for him, this battle must not only be fought, but also win, otherwise he would be difficult for him to escape the pursuit of the Liao army.

Yelu Chun can't beat the Jin people, and he is more than enough to fight this group of thieves, especially this group of thieves is already scarred and has no strength. When he hits the dog in the water, he will definitely attack with all his strength.

Just when Li Hu and Yelu Chun were fighting and both were in trouble, the Jin army rushed out and slashed hard, and the two unlucky guys were in their pockets.

Zong Wang and a group of generals were in a very happy mood when they looked at Tongchang City that was about to be obtained. They took Targlutinous Mountain first and then took Chengzhou without any effort. This cheapness was so good. Li Hu was like the Jin man's selection, attacking and killing all the way, killing corpses everywhere, and the Jin man just had to follow behind and reap the benefits of the fisherman. If the emperor had not given the imperial edict, he had to plunder the more than 400,000 Han people. Without the battle of Tiger Roaringtai, the Jurchens would have been so happy that they would praise Li Hu. However, this record was not enough and it was far from making up for the losses of the Jin army in the Tiger Roaringtai. If they wanted to win a triumphant victory, they still needed to show their true skills and make up for the second time.

Zong Wang made detailed arrangements and arranged troops.

"According to the rebel scouts, the Liao army is fifty miles away from Chengzhou." Zong Wang said, "Yelu Chun's march speed is not very fast. Obviously he is preparing to save the army's physical strength. It is estimated that he will definitely attack today, so you..." Zong Wang pointed to Wanyan Loushi and Wushu, "Don't worry, you have enough time to get to the ambush position. You would rather take a more detour than walk slowly, than alarm the birds and beasts in the mountains, so as not to expose your traces and fail."

Wanyan Lou Shi frowned slightly and his eyes showed a worry.

"Yelu Chun is a cautious man. In order to ensure the safety of his flanks, he will send scouts to spy on the Xishan Mountain." The implication is that this ambush may not be possible.

"I have discussed this with Li Hu." Zong Wang said, "When we raise the banner of the rebel army, Yelu Chun doesn't know our existence at all. Besides, when there is a battle with Hu Xiaotai, the Liao people would not think that we and the rebel army will not be sad, and they will shake hands and make peace in a blink of an eye. Xiao Gan ran away yesterday at noon. If nothing unexpected happens, he is by Yelu Chun now. If he has him, Yelu Chun will not consider the possibility of Li Hu and me joining forces. On the contrary, he is worried that I will take the opportunity to attack Chengzhou and speed up the attack."

"In the current mood of the Liao army, they want to take back Tongchang City and defeat the rebels, and they are even more afraid that we will take the opportunity to fight the fisherman to benefit, so the attack speed is the key to the victory. Therefore, as long as the rebels set up the horse army, set up the infantry formations, and make the illusion of all efforts to block, Yelu Chun will not focus on the West Mountain."

Zong Wang looked up at Wanyan Loushi, with a disdainful look on his face, "Yelu Chun is powerful and very popular in the palace tent. Not many people are his opponents, but on the battlefield, he is not good at it. He is not a commander who can fight. Don't think too much about him. If it were Yelu Yuji's commander, I would have to deal with it carefully, but if it were him, I would hit him as much as I want. He is not our opponent at all."

Wanyan Loushi recognized Zong Wang's opinion and then asked: "When will I launch an attack?"

"Three wolf smokes are the signs during the day, and three fires are the signs at night." Zong Wang said, "You see the order is issued and attack immediately, but you must attack and kill the Liao people's central army, so where is the most suitable attack? It can be fatal with one blow, it is entirely up to you."

"What about after the Liao army was defeated?" Wanyan Loushi asked.

Zong Wang thought for a moment, his eyes swept across the faces of Wushu, Zongfu, Shijianu and others one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "The battlefield changes rapidly. After the Liao people are defeated, should they continue to attack and kill the Liao army or take the opportunity to cover up the rebel army? Follow my orders. If there is a wave of wolf smoke or a pile of fire, attack and kill the rebel army. If there is no order, chase the Liao army."

"The rebel army suffered serious losses, and it was supplemented with a large number of prisoners. The color of the jacket vest was very complicated, which was difficult to distinguish from the Liao army. So Li Hu and I agreed that in order to avoid accidental injury, the rebel army took off the headscarf and tied it around the neck. Anyone with purple silk scarf was the rebel army; any one with the Mao leader was the Jin army; any one without a siege on the neck was the Liao army." Zong Wang straightened his body, looked at the generals, waved his hand vigorously, "Transfer it immediately, so that every soldier knew that those who were not Mao leaders were the enemy and killed."

The generals took the order with a loud bang and dispersed quickly.

Wanyan Loushi and Wushu led the horse army to cross the mountains and quietly hid in the western mountains.

At the beginning of noon, the last batch of rebels withdrew from Tongchang City, crossed the glacier through the Xihe floating bridge, and drove south quickly along the main road.

At the same time, the Jin army entered Tongchang from the northern city and quickly set up formations in the southern city, preparing to block the Liao army. The road was spread out, followed the military and civilians, and the baggage was mixed with it, stretching for thirty miles. The front-selling army encountered the rebels of the horse army in Zidutai, and the two sides immediately started a fight. When the news was delivered to the tent, Yelu Chun was having a meal.

The prince was very particular about eating, with a tent, a carpet, a brazier, and a servant serving him. Even during the war, the food was not simple and simple, but still very delicate and rich. Especially today, because he wanted to suppress the shock of King Xi Xiao Gan, he specially prepared some exquisite dishes rewarded by the emperor.

The King Xi fled to the West Mountain and wanted to gather the escaped soldiers, preparing to take back the city, but the five or six thousand soldiers of the Han soldiers were flying with their legs, and they had already escaped without a trace, and they could not even catch up. As for the generals and the officials of the King Xi's mansion, they even scattered their birds and beasts, and they ran away at critical moments. Where can they escape to the safest? Of course, they ran towards Xingzhong Mansion. The army of King Yelu Chun of Yan was on the road and could meet at any time, and then it was safe.
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