When Zhao Weiji entered Feihu City full of anxiety, what he got was the order for the Zhenzhou Army to still set off with the large army.

This order immediately filled Zhao Weiji's heart with negative emotions. You didn't need me and you still had to drag me away. At this moment, Zhao Weiji felt like killing someone for the first time.

Originally, Tian Chongjin wanted to leave the Zhenzhou Army in Feihu City directly. Anyway, the army was not short of his 30,000 men. But just when Tian Chongjin issued an order to recruit Zhao Weiji's Zhenzhou Army to Feihu City, Yuan Jizhong said something to dissuade him.

Tian Chongjin’s thoughts disappeared.

"General Tian, ​​our people have never dealt with the Zhenzhou Army. Once they are left here, it will not completely leave them without supervision. If they take any action without authorization, it will have any impact on the battle situation, General Tian.

But it’s not a good thing.”

After hearing what Yuan Jizhong said, Tian Chongjin understood. Although Tian Chongjin had little education, he was not a fool. Once the Zhenzhou Army was out of control, if they, as a self-contained army, won the battle on other battlefields, jealousy would inevitably be added to them.

If Tian Chongjin is defeated, he will not be able to escape the label of being ignorant.

After careful consideration, Tian Chongjin decided to keep the Zhenzhou Army tightly tied to him and keep an eye on them.

…

Just as the army was being organized on the middle battlefield and preparing to move on, Pan Mei and Yang Ye's army on the west route had already arrived at the Yingzhou battlefield.

Although the Khitan high-level officials have formulated a strategy to lure the enemy deeper, the situation on the West Road is somewhat different. The battlefield on the West Road is mainly near Datong Mansion in Xijing, which is not very suitable for cavalry operations, so the West Road must delay the Song army's advance.

pace.

It doesn't matter much if Yunzhou is given to the Song Army, but Yingzhou cannot be captured so easily by the Song Army. Because once Yingzhou is captured by the Song Army, the Song Army will face Datong Mansion in Xijing directly.

When the other two routes have not yet made a turn, Xijing will inevitably face great pressure. And once Xijing is lost, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of the entire strategy.

Because the strategic position of Datong Prefecture is extremely important, even if the Eastern and Central Route armies fail, as long as the Song Army captures Datong Prefecture, the Song Army will at least not lose in this battle.

As a result, Pan Mei's Western Route Army encountered strong resistance before reaching Yingzhou.

Although the West Route Army encountered strong resistance, it made the Yang brothers outstanding on the battlefield.

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"It's still so cold today." Yang Jiaqilang kept complaining about the damn weather.

"Don't complain about the cold when you have cotton-padded clothes to keep you warm, Lao Qi." It was Yang Silang who spoke.

At this time, the so-called vanguards leading the troops on the Loess Plateau were the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh sons of the Yang family.

Although it is almost April, the temperature on the Loess Plateau is still not very high. Moreover, the land with crisscrossed ravines and the sky full of loess is really uncomfortable.

At this time, the troops of the Song Army were walking on the plateau, but suddenly Yang Yanzhao, the sixth man, felt that something was wrong with the situation. Logically speaking, Yingzhou should be the key defense area of ​​the Khitan Army, but why did he still have to leave?

Not a single Khitan scout was encountered.

At this time, he remembered that he and Zhao Weiji had discussed the landform of this loess. Zhao Weiji once said that if troops were sent to march in this ditch, would it be possible to avoid enemy detection.

Thinking of this, Yang Yanzhao suddenly felt that the Khitan army was marching in this ditch and was preparing to go directly to the rear of the army?

After thinking of such a possibility, Yang Yanzhao could no longer remain so stable. So he directly called the seventh man, Yang Yansi, and asked him to take a telescope to the ditch to investigate.

Yang Yansi took a telescope to the edge of the ditch and looked in the direction of Yingzhou. He saw a group of Khitan cavalry marching in the ditch. In order to reduce the noise, the Khitan cavalry used cloth to protect their horses' feet.

"Brother Six, as you expected, there really is a Khitan army in the ditch, less than five miles away from us." Yang Yansi said excitedly to Yang Yanzhao after returning.

After hearing the news, Yang Yanzhao looked at his fourth son, Yang Yanhui.

"Since Lao Liu was the first to react to this possibility, then Lao Liu, you can arrange it."

"Then I won't be polite, Fifth Brother, you and your crossbowmen will ambush beside the ditch and attack as soon as the Khitan army comes over.

The fourth brother led the infantry and continued to move forward, looking for a place where they could go to the bottom of the valley and go around to block the Khitan soldiers' retreat.

Lao Qi and I led the cavalry back to the slope that we saw just now that leads directly to the bottom of the ditch, and used the slope to snipe the Khitan soldiers directly from the front."

After speaking, Yang Yanzhao looked at his fourth and fifth brothers.

"I have no objection." Yang Yande, the fifth-year-old who had been silent until now, spoke up.

"Since Lao Wu has no objection, I have no objection either." Seeing that Lao Wu did not object to Yang Yanhui, he naturally had no objection.

"Then let's implement it like this, Old Seventh, come with me."

The vanguard force led by the Yang brothers launched the operation.

Soon the Khitan army had arrived at the ambush site. Originally, the Khitan army thought that no one would think of such a move.

This move is indeed a new one. After Yelumo arrived in Xijing, he observed the terrain of the Loess Plateau and came up with this move to circumvent the investigation.

It's just that he didn't know that there was a person who came from a thousand years later, and this person who came from a thousand years later knew that there was a person who had used such a trick to evade detection, but this person was not trying to sneak attack the enemy, but to escape.

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Therefore, the Khitan army was completely unprepared for the situation above the ditch.

Just as they began to pass the Song Army's ambush site, arrows suddenly rained down from the sky. Arrows really fell from the sky like raindrops.

With the blessing of gravity, the power of the arrows became even greater. Many Khitan soldiers were directly pierced through their helmets and killed by headshots. Even those soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the vital points were shot horribly to their horses.

After the rain of arrows stopped, the Khitan soldiers who had not yet taken a breath began to face another nightmare. Yellow sand began to fly on a gentle slope not far ahead.

Then he saw a cavalry unit rushing towards him like a raging wave. Those soldiers who were still able to move themselves and their horses turned around and fled.

But the only fate awaiting those soldiers whose horses were dead was to be directly run over by the torrent of cavalry.

Those soldiers who turned around and fled thought they were out of danger, but they didn't expect that their escape route would still be blocked.

The infantry led by Yang Yanhui had formed up on their retreat route to block the road. At this time, the Khitan cavalry, which had experienced two dangers, was no longer able to resist. The cavalry who rushed to the infantry formation were directly stabbed to death by the infantry's spears.

The horse fell to the ground.

The Khitan vanguard was eliminated with the force of Jikula, which immediately made the Yang brothers famous.

When the good news came back to the large forces behind, Pan Mei was shocked by this achievement. The Song army wiped out a large Khitan army with almost no casualties. This was basically unprecedented in the history of the Song's war against the Liao.

"The Yang family is a loyal family. The seven men and eight tigers are indeed like tigers but no dogs. Chonggui has indeed raised many good sons." Pan Mei happily said to Yang Ye while tying her beard.

"The captain is so complimentary. The general didn't expect the dogs to achieve such a result."

"General, you are humble. I hope that the generals of the Yang family can continue their efforts and that our Northern Expedition can continue smoothly like this. Let's go and ask the army to speed up their advance. After suffering such losses, I want to see how Yingzhou can stop us.

"

Pan Mei and Yang Ye's army began to speed up to Yingzhou at this time.

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At basically the same time, Tian Chongjin had already set off from Feihu and surrounded the next enemy city, which was Lingqiu.

But just when Tian Chongjin's Chinese army surrounded Lingqiu, the weather changed. After the Grain Rain, the rainfall in the north began to increase.

As soon as the army surrounded Lingqiu, it started to rain heavily. Out of caution for the war situation, Tian Chongjin ordered the army to surround Lingqiu but not fight.

"This damn weather." Sitting in the tent, Tian Chongjin began to complain about the weather again. While complaining, he was rubbing his knees and other joints.

Zhao Weiji, who as usual attended the combat meeting that had nothing to do with him, grasped this detail very keenly.

After the meeting, Zhao Weiji did not go directly back to the area belonging to their Zhenzhou Army as usual. Instead, he found a veteran around Tian Zhongjin's military tent who had been fighting with Tian Zhongjin for many years.

"Is there something uncomfortable about General Tian? I always saw General Tian rubbing his joints during the meeting just now." Zhao Weiji asked the veteran.

"General, you really have a good eye. Our General Tian has rheumatism, and his joints ache when the weather is windy and rainy like this. This is an old problem for many years. It seems to be caused by years of fighting."

"Oh, thank you."

"General, you're welcome. If nothing happens, I'll leave first."

After the veteran left, Zhao Weiji also walked towards his military tent.

Three days later, the rain still didn't stop. Tian Chongjin was still okay, so he rubbed his joints and cursed the weather. Just as he was cursing, one of his soldiers walked in with a bottle.

"General, try this. It should help the general's rheumatism."

"What is this?" Tian Chongjin took the bottle, pulled out the cork and smelled it. "This is wine. You dare to secretly hide wine in the army, don't you want to live?"

"General, please calm down and listen to my explanation first. This is not my private wine. This is medicinal wine I bought from a farmer. The farmer said that this wine can relieve rheumatic joint pain. Thinking about it, the general is full during this period."

I was suffering from illness and couldn't bear it, so I bought it and gave it a try. If it didn't work, I just threw it away."

"Really? I guess you have a filial piety." After saying this, Tian Chongjin took a sip from the bottle.

After drinking it, I really felt my joints starting to heat up, and I felt much better than before.

"Yeah! I feel much better after drinking. You did a good job. I'll have to show off my merits after the battle."

"Thank you, General."

After this time, Tian Chongjin had another hobby, which was to drink some medicinal wine every day, and his personal soldier also continued to supply Tian Chongjin with medicinal wine.

After another two days, the rain stopped.
Chapter completed!