But now, how did this fire that reflected the red sky appear?
When I was still confused, a scout suddenly ran over from outside. "General, general, something bad is going on. To the east of our camp, countless Song cavalry suddenly came. They went straight to
When we come here, we are already less than five miles away."
"Song Cavalry? How many are there?" Hearing that at this moment, the Song Army actually launched an attack on him, Xiao Xiaoyou felt something bad in his heart.
"I don't know, it's too dark to see clearly, but there are many, many, probably fifty or sixty thousand people." The young scout still said anxiously, without feeling at all that he was derelict in his duty because he could not determine the number of enemies.
In the dark night, visibility is very limited.
Facing the attack of the army, the scouts did not dare to move forward at all. The approximate number they could get was based on experience.
"Fifty or sixty thousand people? Where did the Song army get so many cavalry? Are their reinforcements coming?" Xiao Xiaoyou looked in disbelief.
He didn't know that the cavalry that suddenly appeared were another part of the group that rushed out of Chitang Pass. He thought that all the people in the pass had gone to the direction of Lejing City.
But no matter what he thought, the facts were in front of him. Thinking that Song Qi was only five miles away from them, Xiao Xiaoyou's face changed drastically, and he immediately said: "Quickly, order people to resist, and also, send people to Xixia."
The army is asking for reinforcements. In addition, send people to the mountains to inform our people and send some people back for reinforcements."
At this time, Xiao Xiaoyou had not yet thought about retreating.
Su Shi has been surrounded on the mountain and is about to be destroyed. At this time, he is absolutely
Don't let yourself get into trouble.
Moreover, the location of their camp is the exit from Shigu Mountain. If he leaves now, once these Song Cavalry are allowed to enter Shigu Mountain, the plan to eliminate Su Shi may go wrong. This is his absolute
What won't be allowed to happen.
The ordering soldiers ran out one after another. Xiao Xiaoyou also put on his armor and was ready to go into battle.
By the time Xiao Xiaoyou was ready, he could faintly hear the sound of war horses trampling the ground, as well as bursts of shouts of killing.
Based on experience, Xiao Xiaoyou concluded that Song Qi should run less than two miles away from his camp. This was already a very dangerous distance. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look to the west, wondering when Xixia's reinforcements would arrive
arrival.
Then he looked towards Shigu Mountain and saw that the sky seemed to be much redder under the fire. He couldn't help but start to worry about what happened in the mountain and where did the fire come from?
Just when Xiao Xiaoyou was thinking about this, there was another noise outside the camp, which caused the soldiers around Xiao Xiaoyou to show their dissatisfaction and shouted loudly, "What happened? No loud noises are allowed in the military camp."
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The soldier had just finished shouting, but the response was not silence, but a louder wail. "General, general, I am Yi Lingxing. It's over, it's all over."
As the voice came out, a Liao army general wearing general armor walked out of the crowd, came to Xiao Xiaoyou, and knelt down on the ground with a plop.
At this time, through the moonlight, you can still see the faint black smoke from the fire on his face.
When all this fell into Xiao Xiaoyou's eyes, his eyes froze and he felt even worse.
"What's going on? Tell me."
"General, that Su Shi cast a magic spell, and a fire suddenly fell from the sky. We were unprepared. All the military supplies on the mountainside were burned, and the army was burned down. The number of troops...the number, there is not even one out of ten. General,
We were defeated, severely defeated."
As he spoke, there was fear in his eyes, and until the end, tears couldn't stop flowing from his eyes.
"What? Trash."
When Xiao Xiaoyou heard this, his whole body was shocked. He took a step forward and reached out to grab Yi Lingxing's neck. The anger in his eyes could kill people.
The expressions of other Liao army officers and soldiers nearby who heard this scene changed drastically at this moment.
There was not even one out of ten troops attacking the mountain. Doesn't that mean that not even 10,000 of the 50,000-strong army was left? If this is the case, then their Liao army was really defeated.
The reinforcements may have retreated after being blocked. The original army was severely damaged. The 80,000-strong army now only has 20,000 to 30,000 people left in front of them.
If we don't have enough troops, how can we conquer the Song Dynasty?
At this time, it may be very difficult to protect yourself.
Everyone else can imagine that Xiao Xiaoyou, as a general who has led troops for many years, can only think of more.
At some point, he had let go of Yi Lingxing's hand, then he took a long breath and uttered two words with a look of reluctance, "Withdrawal."
"General, where should we retreat?" Others asked after hearing this.
Normally, it would be safest to retreat to Liao. But now, there are Song cavalry appearing in the east and north leading to Liao, and it seems unsafe.
"Withdraw to the west, we will
Hiding behind the Xixia army, looking for fighter planes."
Xiao Youxiao was also a decisive person.
Since the army has been defeated, what we need to do now is not to hold people accountable, but how to preserve the remaining strength.
He appeared in the northern border of the Song Dynasty with a hundred thousand Liao troops. If the entire army was destroyed by his own hands, I would not be able to bear the blame even if he killed me, and even my family in Shangjing would be implicated.
But if you can save a certain number of soldiers, it's completely different. This can only mean that you are defeated, not completely useless.
"Evacuate, evacuate quickly. You don't need to take away unimportant things. One person and one horse. Leave here first."
Thinking that Song Qi would appear soon, leaving him little time, Xiao Xiaoyou quickly issued an order.
Following him, he took the lead, mounted his horse and headed straight for the camp.
Of course, he did not go to fight the Song cavalry, but took the lead in retreating and quickly headed towards the Xixia army in the west.
During the retreat, Xiao Xiaoyou also played a trick. He did not choose to go straight, but deliberately went in a circle. What he was afraid of was that he would run into the reinforcements sent by Xixia. At that time, it was not so easy for him to withdraw.
convenient.
The 20,000 Liao cavalry retreated madly.
In addition to war horses and weapons, a lot of military rations were thrown into the camp. Due to time constraints, they did not even have time to burn them.
About half an hour later, Di Qing, Yang Wenguang and others led the army to the Liao army camp. As soon as they saw it, it was very empty and there was no one in sight.
"They escaped very quickly. I left a thousand people to guard here, and the others followed me to continue the pursuit. By the way, General Yang, General Fang, what do you think?
Why?" Di Qing had no intention of stopping, but was preparing to continue the pursuit.
"General Di, a fire has been ignited in Shigu Mountain. It must not be able to burn down all the foreign enemies. The general wants to lead his troops into it and wipe out the remaining enemies." Yang Wenguang spoke. Then he thought of something, looked at Fang Jiugui and said, "Fang Jiugui
General, you only have 2,000 troops, why not come with us?"
There was Su Shi in Shigu Mountain. Fang Jiugui separated from Wang Xin this time and brought troops to help. He wanted to please Su Shi, so he went to the mountain to be closer. This must be what the other party wanted.
"Okay, just listen to General Yang." Fang Jiugui smiled as he rode on his horse.
Although Fang Jiugui was much higher than Yang Wenguang in terms of military officer rank, he was the one favored by Su Shi, and he did not dare to show off in front of him.
Di Qing also saw that this was Yang Wenguang's intention to help Fang Jiugui, so he didn't want to disturb his good deeds, so he nodded and said, "In that case, let's divide our troops and take care of ourselves."
"General Di, take care." Yang Wenguang and Fang Jiugui clasped their fists.
In this way, nearly 50,000 Song cavalry were divided into two groups. Di Qing led 40,000 cavalry and headed straight to the west. He wanted to take this opportunity to fight the Yiqi to see if he could take back more land.
Yang Wenguang and Fang Jiugui led eight thousand cavalry into Shigu Mountain to the north and began to encircle and suppress the Liao and Xixia armies that had been severely damaged by fire.
After dividing his troops into two groups, Di Qing quickly led his army towards the west.
Although they were smaller in number than when they came from the Western Territory, the 40,000-strong army was all cavalry. They had eaten well and had a good rest, so they were full of energy. Compared with when they entered the Northern Territory, their strength was not as strong.
Mutually
How much difference.
In addition, their appearance was somewhat unexpected. Di Qing was holding back his anger and wanted to win a big victory this time.
Just when Di Qing led his troops to rush forward, six or seven miles outside the camp, he ran into a group of enemy cavalry. It was the 10,000 Xixia cavalry who came to support after Xiao Xiaoyou's order to ask for help.
The Xixia army is now considered a powerful force, with 120,000 soldiers, of which only 20,000 are infantry, and the rest are all elite cavalry.
With such a powerful force, it is not easy for anyone to defeat them. But as soon as Su Shi's plan came out, they made them continue to divide their forces.
First, the 40,000 Song troops who ran out of Chitang Pass attracted their 50,000 cavalry troops. Then another 50,000 troops were sent from Shigu Mountain.
Only 20,000 people were left in the 120,000-strong army.
But even with these 20,000 people, because of the early appearance of the black cavalry, they had to send out 10,000 cavalry to intercept. In other words, the number of troops in the Xixia camp was even emptier than that in the Liao camp, with only 10,000 cavalry.
Just cavalry.
This time, ten thousand people were sent out, and the camp was nearly empty.
Only Wu Zangguyin and about a thousand cavalry remained to guard it.
But even these 10,000 Xixia cavalry were unlucky enough to encounter the Tiger and Wolf Western Army led by Di Qing.
The two sides have been fighting in the Western Region for many years and can be called a feud.
Nowadays, when they meet on the battlefield, they are extremely jealous. As soon as they meet, they will fight together.
Di Qing's troops numbered 40,000, and they were all cavalry. They were overwhelming the Xixia cavalry in terms of both quantity and quality. As soon as the two sides fought, the Xixia army felt that something was not good.
In the process of fighting on one side, a
While retreating, they also sent people to report to the rear.
Five miles away from the Xixia camp in the rear, the scouts came back in a state of embarrassment to report the news. Wu Zangguyin looked shocked when he heard the news.
