"Blow the trumpet, keep blowing the trumpet to gather the generals! Anyone who has not reached the central army after the third trumpet blast will be beheaded in public!" Yelu Longxu was so anxious that he shouted an order to his soldiers.
He quickly went out and arranged for his cronies to remind his familiar military colleagues.
There is usually no war, so everyone hears the trumpet sound of the generals in the middle of the night, and responds lazily. Now that the Song army has crossed the Yellow River, everyone still responds slowly as usual, which is tantamount to deliberately confronting the commander.
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Afterwards, he deserved to be taken down by the coach to scare the monkeys.
The East Route Army is a partial division with a total of less than 30,000 troops. The area occupied by the military camp is naturally not too large. Soon, the soldiers sent by Yelu Keli and others sent the reminder to the ears of all the generals.
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The generals did not dare to neglect, and did not even bother to dress neatly, so they jumped on their horses. One by one, they finally arrived at the center of the army before the third trumpet sound stopped.
The military situation was urgent, and Yelu Longxu had no time to look for trouble among the generals. He first took note of some of the most disheveled generals in his mind, and then began to mobilize his troops.
He didn't know that Han Qing had used the waterway to get around Pingyuan City, and he had no staff familiar with water warfare. Therefore, it was easy to judge the military situation that Pingyuan County and Guhe Town were attacked one after another as Han Qing's.
Qing colludes with a certain "ant thieves" leader, echoing each other from the south to the north.
It is indeed troublesome to deal with this situation, but it is not difficult for him, a famous general who has fought many battles. The reason is very simple. Whether the Song army or the ant thieves are fighting in the field outside the city, they are far from the opponents of the Liao cavalry.
Therefore, Yelu Longxu soon made arrangements and divided his troops into two groups.
He led the way to Guhe Town in person to teach Han Qing a lesson. The other way, he immediately went to deal with the ant thieves. However, the commander was replaced by Yelu Keli, the commander of the horse army, instead of Xiao Moke
His half-brother Xiao Pai.
Although the gathering of generals was delayed a bit, when it came time to go to the battlefield, the Liao Eastern Route Army still showed some elite spirit.
It only took a quarter of an hour for the army to assemble, and it took less than half an hour for Yelu Longxu's commanding banner to arrive outside Guhe Town.
However, what made him very angry was that on the beacon tower next to the river, the smoke had long been extinguished. The soldiers guarding the town were walking lazily around the wall, not looking like they had just experienced a fierce battle. Outside the town,
No matter which direction, no trace of the Song army could be seen.
"Where is Yelu Qi? Let this idiot come to see me quickly!" An ominous premonition quickly surged into Yelu Longxu's heart. Surrounded by his own soldiers, he rushed forward a few steps, raised his whip, and pointed.
The soldiers on the wall of Guhe Town shouted orders.
The soldiers finally saw Yelu Longxu's recognition of the flag clearly. They all shivered in fright, and hurriedly agreed loudly and trotted to inform the commander Yeluqi.
Yelu Qi is Yelu Longxu's nephew. He didn't expect that his uncle would make a special trip to Guhe Town to "inspect" at the fourth watch, so he hurried out of the city to pay his respects.
Before he could finish his salute, Yelu Longxu had already jumped off his mount, flew up and kicked him, "Beast, what crime do you deserve for falsely reporting military information?"
"False military information? You are wronged, I am wronged." Yeluqi was kicked so dizzy that he lay on the ground in a panic and cried out. "An hour ago, the Song army crossed the river and attacked. The general finally climbed up the wall to fight in person, and then he was scared away.
Because I was worried about disturbing your rest, I didn't dare to send anyone to report to you. How could it be possible to falsely report military information?
"How dare you lie? Who lit the smoke?" Yelu Longxu's heart tightened again, but he continued to scold him.
"Wolf smoke?" Yeluqi looked around blankly, and finally his eyes fell on the beacon tower, "It's not lit. If you don't believe it, uncle, can you send someone up to check?"
"Come here, check the beacon tower. If he dares to lie, I will kill him with my own hands!" The ominous premonition in Yelu Longxu's heart became stronger and stronger, and he immediately turned his head and ordered his soldiers to investigate on the spot.
The soldiers also noticed that the situation was strange, and quickly climbed up the beacon tower, reaching under the wolf dung and firewood to stir. However, even if they turned the beacon tower upside down, they did not find any freshly burned ashes.
I didn’t even feel any lingering warmth on the beacon tower.
"Commander, the beacon fire is cold!" Fearing that Yelu Longxu would hurt innocent people after losing face, the soldiers cautiously returned to the latter and reported in extremely low voices.
"Cold, where did that smoke come from?" Yelu Longxu was startled and looked around with a frown.
There is no second beacon tower around, nor is there a second Guhe Town. There is only the rolling Yellow River, roaring and rushing eastward.
"I know, I know, the Song army lit a beacon fire on the hill over there. It's that hill near the Yellow River!" Yeluqi suddenly pointed at the mound less than 200 steps away from Guhe Town.
, shouting loudly.
The mound was formed by the accumulation of silt dug out in order to widen the river channel and prevent the Yellow River from bursting. Over time, it became overgrown with weeds and shrubs, and was regarded as a hill by people.
If someone lit up a beacon on a hill in the middle of the night, and looked at it from a few miles away, they would indeed be mistaken to think that it was the Guhe garrison who lit the beacon tower.
"Damn it—" Yelu Longxu's heart suddenly sank, and he blurted out curses.
At this point, no matter how slow he reacted, he still knew that he had been fooled by Han Qing.
The latter sent to Guhe Town must be a suspicious soldier. They first used fire and thunder bombs to create noise, making themselves think that a fierce battle was taking place in Guhe Town, and then lit beacon smoke on a hill to call for help, so as to confuse the truth.
Compared to the ant thieves, he paid more attention to the Song army, so he would not send too many troops to Pingyuan City. The ant thieves in Pingyuan City just took this opportunity to come and go freely.
No, those who attack Pingyuan City tonight may not be ant thieves!
Suddenly remembering that there was a rather wide river outside Pingyuan City, Yelu Longxu shuddered.
"Everyone mount up!" He jumped onto his mount and shouted loudly while turning his horse's head, "Follow me to save Pingyuan City! Someone, please contact Yelu Keli and remind him to be careful. Song General Han Qing
, possibly over there in Pingyuan City!"
As if to confirm his judgment, as soon as he finished speaking, there was another anxious sound of horse hooves under the already thin night cover. Immediately afterwards, the disheveled figure of Commander Yang Ali appeared.
in his field of vision.
Before he could send someone to help him, Yang Ali cried loudly on horseback, "Commander, the thieves buried gunpowder in the Pingyuan County government office. Yelv class was seriously injured by the explosion. Xiao Pai, Mapu,
Wang De, Zhao Anning and the others were all buried together under the ruins of the county government office!"
