On the north peak, Su Shi took over the walkie-talkie. After learning about the situation at Raymond's place, he did not let him launch a desperate attack. "On the premise of ensuring your own strength, destroy the enemy as much as possible. If possible,
You can consider leading these 10,000 Liao cavalry back into the 50,000 civilian army to completely eliminate them."
Su Shi did not let Raymond risk his life to save him.
At first, there was no need. Because even if Lei Meng could lead the army to break through Liaoqi's defense line, I'm afraid there wouldn't be many people left, and the role it could play at that time would be limited.
Long Wuwei is King Jing's imperial army. Unless necessary, it is better not to lose too many people.
Secondly, Su Shi didn't think he was in much danger now. Didn't the aliens not attack the top of the mountain yet?
Now Xu Ba and the others can still hold on, so let them hold on first. If they can't, Su Shi still has a trump card.
As for not using any means now, Su Shi still wants to use this battle to eliminate more foreign armies.
Or it can be said that Su Shi had not thought of the determination of the alien race to kill him before.
Since you are so important in the eyes of your opponent, you can take this opportunity to divide the foreign troops and weaken them. Maybe you can decide the outcome in one battle, or at least you can take the initiative on the battlefield.
Su Shi's order came to Lei Meng's ears. Although he was a little worried, he had to obey military orders as the commander of the army.
"Everyone, don't get entangled with Liao Qi. Fight while retreating. Also, send someone to inform General Shi Qianshan who is coming from behind and tell him to cooperate with our actions."
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Chitang Pass.
Almost there
At noon, Wang Xin led his army back.
Bao Zheng personally greeted Wang Deyong in front of the pass. When he saw Wang Deyong in the crowd, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Ms. Wang, I am frightened."
It's not hard work, but it's frightening. There's obviously an irony in this.
If it were the former Wang Deyong, he would inevitably have a quarrel with Bao Zheng.
But now, he didn't say anything. He had already heard from Wang Xin on the way back that Bao Zheng was now the privy envoy and the official-appointed general of Zhenbei, responsible for all military power in the north.
When Bao Zheng was at the height of his power, Wang Deyong could no longer use his official rank to suppress him.
And now, I don't have any fat in my stomach, I don't even have the strength to speak, so how can I argue with others.
Holding his fists and giving a salute, Wang Deyong said nothing and went straight into the pass. Wang Miao followed closely behind him, followed by Wang Xin.
But just when Wang Xin wanted to enter the customs, he was stopped by Bao Zheng.
At this time, Bao Zheng looked serious and looked at Wang Xin and said: "General Wang, General Zhongwu are being surrounded in Shigu Mountain. Now the enemy and our armies are preparing to start a big battle there. We are in urgent need of troops from all sides. You should lead the army first."
Let’s go there and join the war.”
"Well, the soldiers are now exhausted." Wang Xin explained.
It's not that he doesn't want to save Su Shi, but he hasn't been idle in the past two days or so, and the soldiers haven't even had a bite of hot food. Now that he's back at his own level, of course he has to take a good rest.
Say it again.
"General Wang, you are the general in charge of the army. You should know that soldiers are valuable and quick. You'd better go first and wait until this battle is over.
It's time for you to have a good rest." Bao Zheng's face was still serious, and his tone became a little unfriendly.
He already knew what happened from the scouts sent out.
I was a little angry that Wang Xin didn't obey the military orders and didn't rescue Shigushan Su Shi as soon as possible.
You, Wang Xin, don't even think about it. If Su Shi hadn't taken action, you would have been surrounded and killed by the Liao soldiers, and there would be no possibility of leading the troops now.
Regardless of the overall situation, he only wanted to save Wang Deyong to make up for his own failure in the rescue. However, without the restraint of Xincheng, the Liao army could attack Shigushan with all its strength, which was an even greater crime.
If it weren't for the time to recruit people, Bao Zheng would have wanted to seize Wang Xin's military power and escort him to Beijing.
Bao Zheng, who exists like an imperial envoy, now has such power. This is the power of the literati of the Song Dynasty, and the sorrow of the military generals of the Song Dynasty.
The more serious Bao Zheng was, the colder Wang's confidence became.
He knew that Bao Zheng was unhappy because he did not send troops to Shigu Mountain in time, but thinking that he was trying to save Wang Deyong, he ignored Bao Zheng and looked towards the pass. At this moment, he saw Wang Deyong's footsteps.
A scene of stopping, then quickly moving away again.
Wang Xin could say with certainty that Wang Deyong must have heard what Bao Zheng said, but he said nothing. Obviously, he had no intention of speaking for himself at all.
In other words, he disobeyed the military order and went to rescue Wang Deyong as a favor, and they had no intention of remembering it.
At this moment, Wang Xin felt that he had been abandoned, and felt a little sad in his heart. When he looked at Bao Zheng, he could only hug his fists and salute:
"The general will lead people to Shigu Mountain now."
Being outnumbered, Wang Xin did not dare to disobey the military order, so he turned around and led the army away.
Bao Zheng stood there motionless. After watching Wang Xin leave, he sighed.
It’s not that Bao Zheng is ungrateful, but the war is about to begin and everyone’s lives are needed. As the original commander of the Hebei Route Army, how could Wang Xin watch him rest at home?
If he really does this, I am afraid that not only other generals will have objections, but also Su Shi.
The further we come to the northern border, the more clear we become to the importance of Su Shi here.
It is no exaggeration to say that all the victories in the northern border were won under the command of Su Shi.
Wang Deyong failed to cooperate with Su Shi and ended up being besieged for several months and almost starved to death.
Not to mention that he had a close personal relationship with Su Shi, but for the sake of the peace of the Northern Territory of the Song Dynasty, Bao Zheng had to fully support all of Su Shi's actions.
Wang Xin set out on the road, no matter whether he was reluctant or not, it was not a day's work to get from Chitang Pass to Shigu Mountain.
Whether the 10,000 cavalry he led can catch up with the decisive battle remains to be seen. However, one army was approaching Shigu Mountain at an extremely fast speed, and that was the 5,000 black cavalry led by Ji Zhu.
Not afraid of wasting the horse's leg power, the Black Cavalry had been running around for days and nights. At this time, it was less than fifty miles away from Shigu Mountain. When it was about to become the first Song Dynasty reinforcements to arrive at the foot of the mountain, opposite him, a force of ten thousand people
The Western Xia cavalry suddenly appeared and blocked their way forward.
Ji Zhu did not lead his men to rush over immediately, but picked up the walkie-talkie and reported to Su Shi as a habit.
"Don't be too anxious
, I have nothing to do here. In this way, we will find a way to destroy these ten thousand Xixia troops, or at least inflict heavy damage on them. Since we are playing this time, we will play a big one." Su Shi's unhurried voice came from the other end of the intercom.
the sound of.
The current battle situation is really beyond Su Shi's expectation.
Originally, he wanted to severely damage the Liao army's 50,000 reinforcements to prevent the aliens from being too powerful on the battlefield to the west of the northern border.
But he didn't expect that his temptation would be so great. Both the Liao and Xixia people wanted him dead.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to attack the mountain.
Since the aliens want to die, how can they do it if Su Shi doesn't cut off a piece of their flesh with his temper?
"But..."
"No, but, this is an order, carry it out. Remember, the harder you fight outside, the more enemies you will destroy, and the more meaningful it will be for me to stay at the top of the North Peak." Su Shi refused to give Ji Zhu's presence.
When given the opportunity to speak, he spoke in a commanding tone.
"Understood." Ji Zhu stopped talking nonsense, put down the walkie-talkie, and said to the black knight beside him, "Everyone, dismount and rest for half an hour, and then attack the enemy!"
At the north peak of Shigu Mountain, Su Shi put down the walkie-talkie in his hand with a smile on his face. Then he looked at Lou Yang aside and asked, "How is the battle going?"
"Young Master, General Xu Ba has repelled seven enemy attacks. Now most of the mountain roads are still under our control. But it will be dark soon, and then..." Lou Yang did not say the next words, but
The meaning is already obvious. Once it's dark and the sight is limited, it will be much more difficult to defend.
"It doesn't matter." Su Shi said.
Wave your hands.
If it's really dark, the enemy will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. That would be to underestimate yourself, or to underestimate the system in your hands.
Some methods are not easy to use until dark. But when it is dark, Su Shi can use a big one to let the foreigners know that those who dare to invade the Han will be punished no matter how far away they are.
Besides, halfway up the mountain, Qi Ruoshan and Yi Lingxing got together to discuss how to attack the mountain at night.
At the end of the day, there were a total of seven teams attacking the mountain. They lost an unknown number of soldiers and generals. About three thousand people were killed in the battle, but they had only advanced about seventy steps.
There is still a distance of more than a hundred steps, but it is like a natural chasm. No matter how hard we attack, we cannot conquer it.
Seeing Su Shi right in front of them, even a loud roar from above could be heard below, but they couldn't get up, which made the two generals extremely anxious.
During the day, they had already heard that the Song Dynasty cavalry was coming for reinforcements.
Although they are all blocked out, everyone knows that if you delay a little longer, there may be more changes.
In order to besiege Su Shi, Xincheng, which had been besieged by them for a long time, was lost. If they could not kill Su Shi this time, they would really suffer a big loss.
"When we attack the city at night, I plan to send a large army. At least 3,000 people will be sent at once to form one camp. If they don't charge up the mountain, these people will not come back." Yi Lingxing was the first to speak up and explain his decision.
The 50,000 reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom were now in dire straits. All of this was caused by Su Shi, who was only a few hundred steps away from them. He must avenge this.
"Our Xixia army is responsible for the response, and we also sent three thousand people to follow behind your Liao army. We will not take any
If we leave Su Shi, these people will not return." Qi Ruoshan also put down his harsh words.
After the two of them finished speaking, they looked at each other and smiled. Then the foreign army began to enter a state of rest.
Light the fire and cook, waiting for the moment when it gets completely dark.