Chapter Thirty: Yongxi's Northern Expedition IV
"The wind is really strong today." Zhao Weiji walked out of the tent and looked at the battlefield in the north.
Tian Chongjin, who captured Weizhou, still did not leave Zhao Weiji to defend the city, and the guards were still his close associates. At this moment, the Central Route Army, which continued to advance north, encountered the Khitan army at Daling.
Tian Chongjin's rapid capture of Weizhou was indeed beyond Brother Yelvxiu's expectations, so Brother Huxiu didn't even bother to pursue the pursuit, and directly led the army to the middle road for reinforcements.
The two armies met in Daling.
Because this time his opponent was Brother Yelvxiu of Yuyue from the Liao Kingdom, he did not dare to take it lightly and personally led his troops to prepare for Brother Yelvxiu to fight on the frontal battlefield.
Tian Zhongjin, who was riding a horse and observing the distance with a telescope, suddenly felt an ominous omen in his heart.
"What are you worried about, general?" Yuan Jizhong, who was beside him, noticed something strange about Tian Chongjin and couldn't help asking worriedly.
"It's nothing. I just feel like it's going to rain again today, so my shoulder hurts a little." After saying that, Tian Zhongjin took the water bag next to him and uncorked it and took a sip.
Just as Tian Chongjin said, when you look up, you can see that dark clouds have filled the entire sky. The war has reached the end of April in a blink of an eye. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the soldiers have taken off their cotton-padded clothes. And the precipitation is getting heavier and heavier.
More and more are coming.
"Here we come." A scout came galloping on horseback from a distance.
Tian Chongjin took out his telescope and looked in the direction of the demolition, and sure enough he saw flying dust. Soon he saw the Khitan cavalry troops appearing on the horizon.
"No one of you can stop me today. I want to meet the Khitan Yu Yue in person." Tian Chongjin felt a little excited after seeing the Khitan troops arriving.
Now these generals at hand are all confidants who have followed Tian Chongjin for many years. Naturally, they know that this brave general has committed another old habit. When he sees a strong man, he can't help but step forward to challenge, so no one raised a voice to object.
No one wants to get into trouble with this.
Just after the Liao army formed their formation, Tian Chongjin took out his water bag and took a big sip. Then he rode forward.
"This general is the commander of the infantry commander of the Great Song Dynasty, Jingnan Jiedushi, Tian Chongjin. I am eager to fight with the Liao Kingdom at Yue Yelu Xiuge."
Brother Yeluxiu was very happy when he heard this. After so many years, when did the Song Dynasty produce a capable person again? He knew about Tian Chongjin. He was in the last expedition of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, but the two had never fought directly.
Brother Yelvxiu probably also knew some of Tian Chongjin's abilities. Now that this man actually came to challenge himself, he naturally couldn't let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Okay, I'll give you this opportunity to fight with me." After saying that, Brother Yelvxiu also rushed out of the formation with his spear in hand.
Tian Chongjin saw Brother Yelvxiu rushing towards him, and without saying a word, he raised his arms and rushed towards him.
Brother Yuyue Yelvxiu of the Liao Dynasty was naturally a man with outstanding martial arts skills, and Tian Chongjin was no less generous. The two of them felt each other's superior strength from the first day they met.
But this did not make either party feel any fear, but instead made them more excited.
Both of them tried their best to win over the other, but after more than thirty rounds, they were still tied.
At this moment, Brother Yelu Xiu suddenly noticed that Tian Zhongjin's complexion had a strange flush, and this flush was not simply the ruddy color caused by confrontation, but a more exaggerated red.
At the same time, Tian Zhongjin's movements also began to panic, and the flaws gradually increased. Another point was that Tian Zhongjin's breathing rate was obviously high. How could he have such a huge physical exertion in less than fifty rounds.
From this, Brother Yelvxiu concluded that there was something wrong with Tian Chongjin's health.
Brother Yeluxiu's judgment was correct. There was indeed something wrong with Tian Zhongjin's health. When the fight reached more than thirty rounds, Tian Zhongjin began to feel that his heartbeat was constantly accelerating. It was not the usual accelerating speed when performing martial arts, but faster.
Beating. And he began to gradually feel that he had lost his awareness of the things around him. He could no longer feel the gun in his hand, the armor on his body, and even the body temperature of the BMW under his crotch.
Since winning on the battlefield is the top priority, Brother Yelvxiu didn't even consider the so-called concept of victory without force. He directly seized this opportunity and stabbed Tian Chongjin's heart with a spear. Then he picked him up.
Dismounted.
When the Song army saw this situation, the entire army panicked. Unexpectedly, the general was picked off by Brother Yelusiu after only fifty rounds.
At this time, Yuan Jizhong, the top commander of the Song Army, did not think about anything else and immediately rushed out of the military formation, intent on rescuing Tian Chongjin.
Brother Yelvxiu, who stabbed Tian Chongjin to death, calmly returned to his own camp. After returning to the camp, he saw that the morale of the entire Song army was completely shaken, and he thought this was a great opportunity. So he decisively ordered all troops to
Army general attack.
Yuan Jizhong, who had just rushed to Tian Chongjin's side, saw the entire Khitan army before he could put Tian Chongjin's body on horseback. So he had no time to react and was involved in the wave of cavalry.
And those who also did not react were the soldiers of the Song Army. They had not yet recovered from the blow of their leader's death, so they watched helplessly as the Khitan cavalry swept towards their own camp.
It was only after they had direct contact with the Khitan army that they realized they were being attacked, but at this time the Song army soldiers' first thought was to run instead of fighting.
In this way, the entire Song army immediately formed a comprehensive retreat.
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Zhao Weiji, who stayed in the camp, naturally knew what was happening on the northern battlefield not far away, because the scouts he sent quickly came back to report to Tian Chongjin as soon as his heart was pierced by Brother Yeluxiu's spear.
"Something happened, let our Zhenzhou soldiers prepare for war. It's time for the young men to take the stage." After Zhao Weiji got the news, he immediately asked Zhao Xin and Li Jiguang to organize the Zhenzhou soldiers.
Sure enough, not long after the Zhenzhou soldiers organized their defense line, the retreating Song soldiers ran back, followed by the pursuing Khitan cavalry.
After letting the Song Army soldiers pass the defense line, the Zhenzhou Army's defense line began to intercept the Khitan cavalry.
Seeing that the Song Army actually organized a defense line, the Khitan Army rushed over without thinking, but soon they were intercepted by the first wave, which was a very strong rain of arrows. And they were flying from diagonally above.
Came here.
Moreover, as they charged, the angle of the arrow rain became smaller and smaller, but the power did not weaken at all, and was even increasing.
Just when they had survived the baptism of arrows and were about to make head-on contact with the defense line, the first line of defense actually spread out. The scattered defense line was divided into several small teams.
Behind the scattered first line of defense was a large number of resisting horses. Seeing that the Khitan soldiers could not continue to charge, they were ready to turn around and deal with these scattered Song soldiers. However, they faced a big problem. Do they want to do it themselves?
spread?
General Xiao Deshan, who arrived later with more pursuers, saw this situation and decisively ordered his troops to disperse to deal with this group of skirmishers.
This situation was naturally seen by Zhao Weiji from the rear, and then he said to Li Jiguang: "The star scattering formation has begun to work. It's time for your troops to attack."
After receiving the order, Li Jiguang immediately led his cavalry team and rushed to the battlefield.
When the Khitan cavalry here first separated and started to deal with these skirmishers, they didn't expect that there were two or three bamboo tube-like things in each small team.
Just before the Khitan army could figure out what this was, explosions began to occur around them. The horses under their crotches were frightened by the explosion. They were all out of control.
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding infantry began to surround them and stabbed their horses with spears.
This was not over yet. What was even worse was that a Song Army cavalry suddenly appeared on the battlefield, supporting them everywhere.
Any units that were still able to resist were attacked by this cavalry force.
Xiao Deshan was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him. He had never seen such a fight before. Although he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him, Xiao Deshan made a decision that should not be wrong at this moment. The whole army was gathered over there.
retreat.
But he found that it was impossible to even gather and retreat. The entire battlefield was divided by the Song Army, and any of the Song Army's squads echoed each other. The entire Khitan cavalry in the battlefield was locked inside.
.Then he watched the cavalry units supported by the Song Army from all directions, constantly causing death.
Li Jiguang, who was going around to provide support, also discovered Xiao Deshan, so he rushed over with his troops.
Xiao Deshan naturally saw Li Jiguang rushing over with his troops, but at this moment he felt relieved. He felt that as long as he killed the troops in front of him, retreat should be no problem.
Although Xiao Deshan's idea was good, it was only after he actually fought against Li Jiguang that he realized that the force in front of him was not something he could kill at all.
Li Jiguang's army can be said to be the soul of the entire Star Spreading Formation. Zhao Weiji used the best of the elite to form this army, and its combat effectiveness is extremely astonishing.
Xiao Deshan and Li Jiguang fought for less than ten rounds before he couldn't hold it anymore. Soon, Li Jiguang caught a flaw in him and directly shot him through the throat.
The general was dead, and the trapped Khitan cavalry immediately lost their ability to resist, and were captured or killed one after another.
In this way, relying on the Zhenzhou soldiers who had not been reused for a long time, they finally temporarily resisted the Khitan's pursuit. The army of Brother Yelvxiu behind saw that Xiao Deshan had not returned for a long time, and even no news was sent back. I am afraid that he was worried.
It was not that the Song Army was still ambushed, so they temporarily gave up the pursuit of the Song Army.
The soldiers of the Song Army who escaped back felt very uncomfortable when they saw that it was this group of Zhenzhou soldiers who saved them in the end.
And there was another emotion in their hearts, which was shock. It turned out that these Zhenzhou soldiers were so powerful in combat.
But these are no longer what they should consider now. What they should consider now is that the leader Tian Chongjin is dead and the "number two man" Yuan Jizhong is missing. What should this army do?
Chapter completed!