As for those who did not lay down their weapons, Qin Hao killed them all regardless of whether they were Liao people or northern Han people. There was no mercy on the battlefield.

With enough ships, Qin Hao did not stop at the Bohai Port at all, but went up the Zhangshui River and soon arrived at Zhigu Village, which was later known as Tianjin.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are vast and sparsely populated, and the Liao Kingdom itself is a nomadic nation with a small population, so there are not many cities along the way. Qin Hao is too lazy to attack, and his troops are very fast. His purpose is

Go straight to the rear of Youzhou instead of attacking the city.

Zhigu Village is an alluvial plain formed by sedimentation before the Yellow River was diverted. The ancient Yellow River diverted its course to the sea three times here. During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up Yanguan in Wuqing. The opening of the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty opened the South Canal and the North Canal.

The intersection of "Sancha River Mouth".

During the Tang Dynasty, a salt field was opened in Lutai and a salt warehouse was set up in Baodi. After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Zhigu Village became a water and land terminal for the transportation of grain, silk and other materials from the south to the north.

The Liao Kingdom itself was a nomadic nation, and its demand for salt was very large. Originally, the largest salt field in the Liao Kingdom was in Yingzhou. However, after the Tanyuan Alliance, Yingzhou was recovered by the Song Dynasty, and the salt field in Zhigu Village became the largest in the Liao Kingdom.

Naturally, heavy troops were deployed to protect the salt field.

What's more, Zhigu Village is also the gateway to Youzhou. The person guarding Zhigu Village is Yelu Chutai, the general of the Liao Kingdom. He commands 20,000 elite cavalry, including 500 Pishi troops. This is the most powerful special forces of the Liao Kingdom.

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Qin Hao had no cavalry in his hands, and it was difficult for him to chew such a hard nut. After thinking for a long time, Qin Hao set his sights on the salt field. Yelu Chutai was ordered to guard the salt field, and he must not let the salt field fall into the hands of others.

Attack the enemy and save him!

Qin Hao quickly formulated a battle plan. First, he had people sneak into the salt field and get in touch with the salt workers inside. Since ancient times, the salt field has been a place that eats people. Compared with the mines, it is no less generous, and the mortality rate is high.

No less.

The fighting power of salt workers is also very fierce. Huang Chao, Zhang Shicheng, and Fang Guozhen all started their careers as salt workers. These salt workers have been oppressed for a long time, and they will naturally rise up to resist if they have a chance to survive.

Qin Hao's purpose was to provoke the salt workers to rebel, cooperate inside and outside, completely eat up Yelu Chutai's elite cavalry, and weaken the effective strength of the Liao army in the Youzhou area.

Most of the salt workers at the Zhigu Village Salt Field were Han Chinese, and there were also some slaves captured by the Liao Kingdom from Goryeo and some extinct small tribes. The two sides agreed to start an uprising in three days.

Qin Hao also took this opportunity to arrange the surroundings. The salt field is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and only one side leads to the land. An unknown small slope ten miles away from the salt field is where Qin Hao prepared a burial for Yelu Chutai.

land.

Three days later, at midnight, the saltworks miners, led by Qin Hao's personal guards, used pickaxes, shovels, hammers and other tools to kill the sleeping guard. At the same time, they set fire to the stables, and a flame rose into the sky.

The night sky looks particularly dazzling.

Yelu Chutai reacted very quickly and led a group of cavalry to the salt field quickly. However, Qin Hao's personal guards had already made full preparations and poured hot salt brine around the salt field. The cavalry horses were so painful that they fell to their feet.

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Yelu Chutai was furious, but he could only order some cavalry to dismount and rush into the salt field to annihilate the rebellion.

However, Yelu Chutai underestimated the combat effectiveness of these salt workers. Although their weapons were backward, the salt workers were not afraid of death and fought bravely. The Liao army actually fell into a bitter battle.

At this moment, a sudden burst of drum beating made Yelu Chutai's heart tremble. He knew very well that only the Song army would use this kind of drum sound as an attack signal.

Normally, he would not take the weak Song Army seriously at all, but at this time, the appearance of Song Army shocked him.

Torches lit up the sky in the distance, the shouts of the Song army came from far away, and the neat steps touched the hearts of every Liao army soldier.

They were very confused, didn't they say that the Song army was weak? Is this the momentum that a weak army can show?

Qin Hao has surrounded the salt field. The front row is the infantry holding huge shields. Hidden behind them are the spearmen. The spear heads with cold light poke out from the gaps in the shields. The other end of the spear head

Against the ground, the gun body is made of white wood, which is extremely willful. Even if it is hit by a horse weighing hundreds of kilograms, it will be difficult for it to break.

Behind the pikemen were the crossbowmen, with their crossbows facing the sky at a 45-degree angle, and they were ready to launch.

Yelu Chutai was worthy of being a general of the Liao Kingdom. He reacted instantly. He glanced at the soldiers who were still fighting in the salt field with red eyes, turned his horse's head, shouted loudly, and all the remaining cavalry turned towards Qin Hao's military formation.

Rushed over.

The rumble of horses' hooves shook the ground, giving people a huge impact like an earthquake.

However, just when Yelu Chutai's cavalry arrived a hundred steps in front of Qin Hao's formation, they suddenly heard Qin Hao shout: "Extinguish the torch! Light the fire wall!"

In an instant, the cavalry led by Yelu Chutai suddenly saw darkness in front of them. The direction where Qin Hao's army formation was originally was completely dark, as if a giant beast was opening its huge mouth in the night and waiting for them to fall into a trap.

However, Yelu Chutai had no way to retreat at this time. If the cavalry did not have speed, they would be a living target. He did not believe that Qin Hao could make any changes in formation to restrain his cavalry in such a short period of time.

However, in the next second, rockets were launched one after another, but they did not land among the cavalry, but landed ten steps away from them.

"Boom~~~" A wall of fire suddenly appeared, and the war horse was frightened. In panic, people fell on their backs, and the impact speed of the war horse also slowed down instantly.

At this moment, bursts of sound piercing the sky came from the darkness. Yelu Chutai secretly screamed, so he quickly pushed the horse horizontally and hid himself on the side of the horse's belly.

I heard screams one after another, including the familiar Khitan language and the neighing of war horses.

Yelu Chutai's horse was also hit by several arrows and fell to the ground with a mournful cry. Yelu Chutai rolled over and ignored the pain. When he saw an ownerless horse, he quickly jumped on it and shouted in Khitan.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, the Pishi Army also reacted from the initial panic, gathered around the Yelu Chutai, and roared towards Qin Hao's military formation.

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The distance of fifty steps passed in an instant. When there were still about ten steps to go, Qin Hao shouted again: "Raise the fire!"

The torches were lit again and raised up, and a large bright light suddenly appeared in the dark front. The horses were frightened again. A large number of Liao cavalry collided together and were trampled to pieces by their comrades behind them.

Yelu Chutai's heart was bleeding. These were the elite troops of the Liao Kingdom, especially the Pishi Army. The entire Liao Kingdom only had 30,000 troops. Even if he could escape from this battle, he would not be able to escape the blame.

It's just that now he can't care about so much. He can only grit his teeth and rush forward. He knows that only by breaking through the opponent's military formation can he have a chance of survival.

Soon, the distance between the two sides was only a few steps, and they were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat. Qin Hao ordered: "First row, stab!"

The shiny silver spear heads suddenly magnified in front of the cavalry's eyes.

Puff puff, the muffled sound of a sharp weapon piercing the flesh was heard, and accompanied by screams, the Liao cavalry was reduced to over a hundred men in an instant.

"Second row of stabs!"

There was another muffled sound, the wailing of humans, and the neighing of military horses resounding through the night sky at this moment.

Yelu Chutai's eyes turned red and he shouted in Khitan: "Come out and kill the enemy general for me!"

After saying that, he took the lead and rushed towards Qin Hao's position. The powerful impact of the cavalry soon caused considerable damage to Qin Hao's military formation.

These giant shields were double shields specially made by Qin Hao. Each shield was held by two strong men. However, many people were still knocked away, and some were directly hit and vomited blood, and many were injured.

The crossbowmen behind the young master.

Qin Hao shouted: "Don't be chaotic, the spearmen will fill the gap! The crossbowmen continue to fire!"

At this time, the real hand-to-hand combat began. The Liao Army's cavalry continued to attack the Song Army's formation. The Song Army's unique spears also caused huge casualties to the Liao Army. Both sides had long been furious.

However, the impact of the cavalry is only one round. Qin Hao's army is twice as many as the Liao army. As long as it can withstand this wave of impact, the Liao army will be defeated.

Yeluchutai, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, naturally understood this, so he shouted to the Pishi army beside him: "Send me there!"

Yelu Chutai actually wanted to take the general's head among the thousands of troops. His target was Qin Hao, who was being dispatched in the play.

Qin Hao also noticed Yelu Chutai's side and sent Cui Zhi directly. As long as he delayed for a few more minutes, the Liao army would definitely be defeated.

However, Qin Hao still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Pishi Army. These Pishi Army were wearing battle armor and their spears were like poisonous snakes. Every time they stabbed out, they could take away the life of a Song Army soldier.

At this point, all he had to do was fight with fierce force. Qin Hao also drew his sword and jumped on his horse. A group of personal guards also followed Qin Hao and rushed towards Yelu Chutai.

The two groups were entangled like two whirlwinds. In an instant, both sides dropped more than a dozen corpses, and Qin Hao's simple knife hit Yelu Chutai fiercely.

A trace of excitement flashed in Yelu Chutai's eyes. He knew very well that the morale of this Song army was all in the enemy general in front of him. As long as he killed the enemy, he could reverse the situation in one fell swoop and turn defeat into victory.

However, when Qin Hao's sword hit him with a whirring sound, Yelu Chutai's pupils shrank together. The opponent's speed was too fast, and he had no time to attack first, so he could only change his moves.

Parry.

There was a muffled sound of "bang", and Yelu Chutai felt his arms go numb. He was surprised that the opponent's strength was so huge. Fortunately, the opponent used a simple knife. If he had used heavy weapons such as hammers and axes, he could only

I'm afraid it has been smashed.

As the two horses crossed each other, Yelu Chutai finally saw the enemy coach's face clearly. What shocked him even more was that the opponent was so young.

Qin Hao also felt the opponent's strength and couldn't help but wonder if all these ancient generals were monsters. The strength he had accumulated through crazy training in several worlds was only on par with the opponent.

Before he could think too much, Qin Hao swung his sword again and slashed straight at Yelu Chutai's neck. Yelu Chutai quickly dodged by leaning back, and clamped his legs under the horse's belly. The army horse rushed forward and pulled away from Qin Hao.

distance.

This riding skill also makes Qin Hao particularly envious. His riding skills are actually very good, but to react like this in a life-or-death situation is still a bit embarrassing. As expected of a nation that grew up on horses.

However, he admired him, but Qin Hao didn't give the opponent any time to breathe. He slapped the horse's butt and rushed towards Yelu Chutai again. Yelu Chutai could only grit his teeth and fight with Qin Hao.

While the two were entangled, the Liao army had been eaten away a lot. The power of the Song army's formation also began to show after it withstood the first wave of cavalry attacks.

The shields jammed the Liao army's horses, preventing them from advancing or retreating. The spearmen severely harvested the heads of the Liao army's cavalry. The Song army, which had seen the blood, also underwent transformation at this moment. At the critical moment of life and death, they forgot their fear, nervousness, and the only

Faith is to kill the enemy in front of them. Only in this way can they survive.

Even the elite Pishi Army has no use at this moment. They are not only entangled by Qin Hao's personal guards, but also always pay attention to those insidious pikemen. In the past, this type of troops in the Song Dynasty was just a piece of cake in their eyes.

Food and drinks have now become a reminder for them. From time to time, someone is stabbed and knocked off their horse. Some spearmen do not follow martial ethics and specifically attack military horses. Immediately after they fall off the horse, they will be beheaded by swordsmen and axemen.

kill.

Seeing this, Yelu Chutai was anxious in his heart. He wanted to get rid of Qin Hao's entanglement several times and go to join the Pishi army. At this time, he no longer expected to turn defeat into victory, and just wanted to lead the remaining participating troops to withdraw.

When leaving the battlefield, as long as they left the Song Dynasty's military formation, the opponent would not be able to catch up without cavalry.

However, Qin Hao did not give him this chance at all. No matter what tactics Yelu Chutai used, he could not get rid of it. Moreover, due to his distraction, he had already received several blows on his body. If the armor on his body was not thick enough, he would have lost his combat effectiveness.
To be continued...