In the middle of the night, the Liao people did come for a sneak attack. In fact, it couldn't be called a sneak attack. Yun Zheng believed that Yelu Yixin would not think that it was a sneak attack. It was something that everyone could predict, and there was no way to keep it secret.
As a military effort to destroy artillery, the three thousand Liao cavalry who came to attack were tragic. Without even making a test move, they plunged into the dark Song camp.
After entering the empty camp, there was no target to attack. The leading Liao general howled and advanced instead of retreating, swiping his sword and killing into the depths of the Song camp.
Standing in the darkness, the Song army looked at the group of dead Liao soldiers indifferently, silently prepared their bows and crossbows, and waited for the moment when the lanterns and torches were lit, and then began to carry out massacre-style shooting.
Yun Zheng didn't sleep that night, sitting in the commander's tent waiting for the Liao people to attack. When the soldiers reported that the Liao cavalry had entered the camp, he frowned tightly.
An attack of 3,000 men was unable to shake the huge Song army camp. Yun Zheng didn't know how those famous sneak attacks in history were completed, such as Gan Ning's hundred cavalry storming Cao's camp. Of course, that incident was not mentioned in romance novels.
It was so shocking, but the effect was not very good. Yun Zheng thought it had no effect other than showing Gan Ning's two-pole spirit.
It was a fluke that he came back, so he became a legend. In Yun Zheng's opinion, it was a suitable ending for Gan Ning to be chopped to death with random knives.
"Is there any new news in the Liao camp?"
Su Xun cupped his fists and said, "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, except for the small-scale military deployment half an hour ago, there is no news."
"Spread out all the tigers. I always feel that Yelu Yixin is not like a man who would throw his men into a pit of fire. If you can capture the Liao general who broke into the camp alive, let's capture him alive. We must understand what Yelu Yixin is doing now.
What are you thinking about?"
Su Xun organized his speech and said: "Commander, do you think Yelu Yixin has other tricks? Now under the threat of our army's artillery, it will be difficult for him to stand up."
Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "That's not what you said. We naturally have an absolute advantage in terms of weapons, but there are many factors that determine the outcome of a war and cannot be generalized.
Yelu Yixin is not an ordinary person. He can be regarded as one of the few talented people in the Liao Kingdom. With his knowledge, he would know that the best way to retreat the entire army to Tongtou Pass and defend it is to place the army in
It is not entirely in the interests of the Liao army to allow us to bombard the plains.
Since he paid such a heavy price, there is no way he wouldn't want to gain more.
Su Xun, send more manpower, and send me the Astrolabe Dark Star if necessary. I want to figure out Yelu Yixin’s ultimate purpose.”
The Liao people who broke into the Song camp encountered countless snagging ropes and triangular thorns after breaking through the first gate. The Song army hiding behind the giant shield kept firing crossbow arrows, but the crossbow arrows were mainly aimed at the Liao army.
War horses, not the Liao army themselves. Only when the Liao army approached important military targets or threatened the safety of the Song soldiers, the crossbow arrows would shoot down the Liao people one by one without hesitation.
Seeing more and more Liao soldiers landing on the ground, the leading Liao general howled in despair, and a huge flame suddenly appeared on his body. Each person and horse were like a burning torch, furiously charging towards them.
The huge shield where the Song army was located hit.
The Song troops holding shields shouted in unison, and four or five Song troops stepped forward to hold the shields tightly. No matter what, they could not let the Liao generals break through the shield formation.
With a "boom" sound, the burning Liao generals and war horses collided heavily with the giant shield, sending up sparks all over the sky. The Song army behind the giant shield was hit by the powerful collision force and flew backwards. The two people who bore the brunt were
Large amounts of blood spurted out into the air.
The war horses and Liao generals were hit with broken bones and tendons, and they fell into a pile in front of the giant shield, with their corpses still burning with blazing flames.
The Marquis of the Song Army roared: "The whole army is on alert, the crossbowmen retreat, the spearmen move forward, organize a formation to resist the horses!"
Facts have proved that the military commander's military quality is good. Before the Song army's horse-rejection formation could be arranged, the Liao army besieged in the center started to burn one after another...
Sun Dazhi, the commander of the rear army, sighed and said to his deputy: "Order the archers and crossbowmen to cover and shoot. These people will not surrender. The commander-in-chief's idea of capturing the Liao people alive may not be realized. Even if he can capture some people, it will not be possible."
It won’t help, what can the soldiers know?”
The deputy smiled and said: "This is a dead soldier. The general can't stand the miserable situation here. It's better to die early and be reincarnated early, and he will suffer less."
Seeing his deputy wave the command flag, Sun Dazhi shook his head and said: "As military generals, we have seen more than this cruel scene. The reason why we do this is just to respect them as men."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of the crossbows was heard from the battlefield. Under the illumination of the torch, the cold light disappeared into the raging fire. Soon, the screams that filled the battlefield just now became
Much weaker.
The three thousand people were divided into many small pieces by the Song Army's shield formation. When the largest battlefield appeared in flames, the same scene appeared in the other small battlefields.
These firelights illuminated Song Camp like daylight.
However, these fires did not burn for a long time. When the Song Army found that the burning people were motionless, they filled bamboo baskets with sand and dumped it on the fire. Soon, the camp was filled with the smell of burnt meat.
smell.
After the last fire was extinguished, the earth was still quiet. The prisoner Yun Zheng was waiting for did not appear, and the change he was waiting for did not appear. The three thousand Liao army just made a move of moths flying into the flame, and then it was over.
Already.
"What exactly is Yelu Yixin going to do?" Yun Zheng looked at Su Xun doubtfully.
"Is the commander-in-chief too cautious?" Su Xun was somewhat disapproving.
"No, I feel very bad now. Whenever I had this feeling in the past, I would be unlucky. It was very accurate. The last time I had this feeling, I had a fish bone stuck in my throat. If it hadn't been for lightness, I would be unlucky.
I poured vinegar and finally used tweezers to take out the fish bone from my throat. I thought I might die from the pain.
So don't underestimate this sign of mine, it's very accurate.
Come on, the camp immediately began to disperse. Ming Langtan, Jiang Zhe, Li Dongchu, Zhao Min, Wu Jie, Liang Ji, and Yunwu's troops all canceled their rest and immediately moved out of the camp to expand three miles outward, expanding the scope of the camp and leaving
If I have enough depth, I want to see what Yelu Yixin is going to do!"
That night, the Song Dynasty military camp was illuminated by lights as if it were daytime. All 210,000 troops were mobilized, surrounding the direction of the Chinese army, and expanded forcefully outward for three miles.
At daybreak, Yun Zheng's bad feeling became more intense, but his opponent Yelu Yixin retreated even after Queen Yecang, and his rear army had already withdrawn to Tongtou Pass.
Now there is a reasonable explanation for the sneak attack on the camp by three thousand cavalry, that is, Yelu Yixin's idea was to advance before retreating, and to stay on the flat grassland and accept the ravages of Yunzheng's artillery fire was really torturous for him.
No more.
Wen Yanbo walked into Yun Zheng's handsome tent early in the morning and was startled by the haggard Yun Zheng in front of him. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "What happened to make Marquis Yun become so haggard overnight?"
Yun Zheng, who had a piece of paper stuck to his eyelids, raised his head in confusion and looked at Wen Yanbo: "I don't know!"
"Don't know?" Wen Yanbo, who had also not slept all night, said in shock.
Yun Zheng nodded firmly and said: "I really don't know. I felt something in my heart last night, as if I had a feeling of impending disaster. I thought the Liao army had some mysterious attack method that I didn't know about that would cause our army to suffer heavy losses.
However, I ruled out water attacks, fire attacks, starvation of food, traps, and other methods. Last night I ordered the young army to expand the scope of investigation and also ordered the entire army to expand the depth of the camp. As a result, except for the three thousand Liao people, they launched a suicide attack.
Apart from keeping our troops awake all night, nothing happened. The only discovery was that Yelu Yixin retreated to Tongtou Pass.
After dawn today, I ruled out even earthquakes and solar eclipses, which are rare astronomical phenomena that occur only once in a decade or a century. The logistics officer assured me that he would come to see me if the powder magazine exploded. The military doctor also ruled out the possibility.
In order to avoid the possibility of large-scale epidemics among the army, the scouts also inspected Guan Mountain and found no signs of landslides in Guan Mountain.
But that horrible feeling of heart palpitations is getting stronger and stronger, Wen Kuanfu, did you find anything wrong?"
It's obvious that Wen Yanbo is an idealistic person, otherwise he wouldn't have nothing to do all day long just to use a few turtle shells to divine good or bad luck.
He knew that some generals who had experienced countless battles would have inexplicable signs of danger that had not yet occurred. If Yun Zheng said that he felt uneasy, Wen Yanbo would definitely believe that a famous general like Yun Zheng, who had experienced countless battles and was tempered, would be in danger.
There will be a sense of vigilance about the unknown.
As a result, he also became nervous.
"Yelu Yixin's reinforcements have arrived?"
"Impossible, no armed force other than us and the Liao army has been found in the hundreds of miles of land."
"Could it be that Emperor Liao personally arrived at Tongtou Pass?"
"If we hadn't brought the million-strong army from Yizhou, he would have been useless here alone. I might have been able to capture him alive."
"Marquis Yun thinks our army is sure of victory now?"
"At least there is no reason for failure. I ordered Jiang Zhe, Lang Tan, Sun Dazhi, Wu Jie, Li Dongchu, and Zhao Min to analyze them one by one and found no major loopholes in our army."
"Marquis Yun's body..."
When Yun Zheng heard what Wen Yanbo said, he jumped up and said: "The military doctor is here to carefully check the pulses of Wen Gong, Wang Gong, Chen Gong, Mr. Su and all the generals in the army. I am fine myself, except for missing a little sleep.
Not sick at all."
Soon the military doctor came to the commander's tent, carefully checked Yun Zheng's pulse and then said to Wen Yanbo, who looked anxious: "The general is fine, but the false fire caused by a little anger attacking his heart has risen."
Wang Anshi and Chen Lin, who were disturbed by the military doctor, also hurried over. After listening to Wen Yanbo's account of what happened, Wang Anshi said disapprovingly: "You are not afraid of destiny!" (To be continued)