He sent troops to assist the Liao army, but he still understood the truth behind the situation.
Unexpectedly, instead of joining the Liao army, they encountered the Song cavalry first, or the main force of the Song cavalry, which numbered 40,000.
"What on earth is going on? Who can explain it to me clearly?" Wu Zangguyin shouted loudly, his voice full of confusion.
"General, we'd better retreat first. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold back for long." Several soldiers saw that they were still sighing at this moment, and they couldn't help but speak anxiously.
"withdraw."
Although there were many things he couldn't figure out, he didn't want to die without hiding the old news. Knowing that it would be dangerous to stay any longer, he quickly withdrew to the west with more than a thousand cavalry. While evacuating, he did not forget to leave all the people in the camp with him.
The food stored was set on fire.
Wu Zangguyin also ran away. It didn't take long for Di Qing to arrive here with his army. When he saw the fire burning, he sent people to put out the fire and save food without saying a word. This delayed them and made them unable to catch up and escape.
The Liao army is not far away.
If Su Shi were here, he would definitely order to pursue the enemy instead of protecting food.
But what Di Qing did was not wrong. After all, the Western Army was not like Su Shi, who could exchange for endless food.
...
At the foot of Shigu Mountain, the fire is still burning.
As the gasoline was fully burned, the fire was no longer as intense as before, but the road up the mountain was still blocked.
When Yang Wenguang and others came here, after looking at the fire, they did not choose to go up the mountain. Instead, they deployed their troops and started searching at the bottom of the mountain.
In the dark night, from time to time, they could find some Liao soldiers who had fled here in embarrassment among the trees and grass.
With Xixia soldiers.
These people were very pitiful, and most of them didn't even know where they had thrown their weapons.
With their bare hands, they faced the well-armed Song Army cavalry. They had no power to fight back, and they were chased to death one by one.
Fang Jiugui divided the two thousand soldiers and horses into four teams, each with 500 people.
He personally led a team of 500 cavalry to patrol nearby. Soon, he discovered batches of strange enemies. After more than an hour, some of the strange enemies died in the hands of their group.
The number is two thousand.
These are two thousand foreign cavalry.
In normal times, if their soldiers in the north wanted to complete this number of enemies, they would have to pay a price.
But now, they only dispatched 500 cavalry, and their own losses were only a few dozen people.
At this moment, Fang Jiugui fully felt Su Shi's power.
This is not yet a complete surrender to others. He just went to the battlefield with the vanguard army under Su Shi and achieved such great military success.
At this time, Fang Jiugui finally understood the meaning of the old saying, one general is incompetent and the entire army is exhausted.
Fang Jiugui's gains were good, and others' gains were also considerable.
A total of 50,000 Liao troops and 50,000 Xixia troops totaled 100,000 people.
Except for those who were burned to death and those who were intercepted and killed by them, only about 20,000 people actually managed to escape.
This is because it is dark, and there are many woods and obstacles at the bottom of the mountain. If the battle were to take place during the day, even 20,000 people would not be able to escape.
As the sweep continued, the sky became brighter and brighter.
In the early morning, I don't know if God couldn't bear it, but there was light snow falling in the sky.
As soon as the light snow arrives, the fire that was about to be extinguished quickly ignites
After the fire was burned out and the fire was extinguished, the originally hot stone steps in the mountain quickly became cold.
At noon, the road down the mountain was open to normal traffic. Su Shi came down the mountain with 5,000 Forbidden Army reserves, and met everyone at the intact Liao army camp at the foot of the mountain.
Ji Zhu came with the black cavalry.
In one night, they severely damaged the 10,000 Xixia cavalry who intercepted them, and only about 2,000 of them escaped in the end.
Lei Meng and Shi Qianshan's troops also came back from the Wutai area.
With a total of more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, they surrounded the 10,000 cavalry of the Liao army. After paying the price of thousands of people, they destroyed them all.
Di Qing also came.
Last night's battle. Speaking of which, he gained the least from killing the enemy. Except for the initial encounter with the 10,000 Xixia troops who came to support the Liao camp and killed two or three thousand of the opponent's horsemen, he also put out fires in the Xixia camp.
Once the fire is out, when you think about chasing the enemy again, where is the enemy anywhere?
Far inferior to Yang Wenguang and Fang Jiugui, tens of thousands of aliens died in their hands in one night.
Moreover, they were faced with unarmed and completely demoralized foreign enemies. This battle could be said to be a fast killing and full of military achievements.
The army gathered.
This battle, at a very small cost, resulted in the loss of about 10,000 people. A total of more than 100,000 troops from Liao and Xixia were wiped out, completely reversing the offensive and defensive trends of both sides.
The combat goals set by Su Shi before the war were achieved, and the results far exceeded those planned.
"Okay, everyone has worked hard this time. Later, I will reward you based on your merits and report the performance of the generals to the court and officials. All the brothers who died will be paid tribute, except for the share given by the court.
, I will also express my thoughts, we cannot let the families of the soldiers who died in the battle bleed and shed tears."
"good!"
As soon as Su Shi said this, the people below burst into applause.
Everyone knows that Su Shi is rich.
Even if he said that he wanted to express his feelings a little, it must be a standard of care. At this moment, all the soldiers felt that everything they had paid before was worth it.
When the battle was initially decided, Su Shi temporarily regarded the Liao Army camp as his own. He had already used the walkie-talkie to notify the Flying Eagle Squadron at Chitang Pass. Bao Zheng had already rushed here after receiving the news. What should be done next?
, the two of them still need to discuss it carefully.
But the result was already predictable, and this time Bao Zheng made a great contribution.
Although he was not the one to specifically command the war, as the minister sent by the emperor to handle all matters in the north, if he won the battle, he could be credited to Bao Zheng.
In fact, at this moment, Bao Zheng didn't even sit in the sedan, but rode on a horse, heading straight towards Shigu Mountain with a cheerful expression.
Bao Zheng was accompanied by a total of 40,000 Song Army cavalry.
These people were the Song troops who had led the Xixia cavalry away before. The moment they passed Jingle City without attacking, Xixia General Ren Degao, who was following them, felt something was wrong, and gave up the chase after catching up for a certain distance.
, turned around and returned.
After no one pursued them, these 40,000 Song soldiers could safely return to Chitang Pass. Just as they were catching up with Bao Zheng, who was leaving from here, the two sides met together and headed straight to the north.
On the battlefield, where there is victory there is defeat.
The winner was the Song Dynasty, and the losers were the Liao and Xixia.
A fire on Shigu Mountain severely damaged the main forces of the two countries and made them no longer
With any strength advantage, although after two days, some of the cavalry who were disrupted have returned to the team, their strength is still inferior to others.
Xixia Army.
Originally there were 120,000 troops.
On Shigu Mountain, 40,000 people were burned and killed.
They stopped Ji Zhu's black cavalry and suffered another loss of nearly ten thousand.
Now there are only 70,000 troops left.
The Liao army was even worse.
Originally there were only 80,000 troops.
On Shigu Mountain, 40,000 people were burned and killed.
The civilian army that blocked Meng Lei and Shi Qianshan lost more than 10,000 troops.
Now there are only more than 20,000 horses left.
Not to mention, the 50,000 reinforcements sent from the country were defeated and will not be able to arrive for a while.
In addition, Xincheng was lost, and the fat men Wang Deyong and Wang Miao who were originally in the bowl ran away.
The originally good situation was reversed in a very short period of time.
The foreign race that was on the offensive now had to switch to the defensive due to the lack of troops. This change made both Wu Zang Guyin and Xiao Xiaoyou feel angry.
But they are not as strong as others, so they can't do anything but wait.
While continuing to gain a foothold in the north and west, they are waiting for the cold winter to pass and for the spring to bloom. When the time comes, they will have reinforcements arriving, so they must prepare for a battle.
...
At the foot of Shigu Mountain, the former Liao army camp is now the site of Su Shi camp.
Bao Zheng rushed over with 40,000 Song troops and entered Su Shi's general tent immediately. The two discussed how to report their merits to the superior.
"Yes, I did not misjudge you, you played well."
As soon as he entered the account, Bao Heizi looked at Su Shi with a smile, a look of relief and satisfaction on his face.
"Haha, Bao
Uncle, we are so familiar with each other, so there is no need to be so polite, otherwise I'm afraid I will be proud." Su Shi also responded with a smile.
"It's normal to be proud. You are only seventeen this year. You can be proud of having achieved such an achievement at such a young age." Bao Zheng seemed to be in a good mood and started joking with Su Shi at this moment.
"Uncle Bao, I will be eighteen in less than a month." Su Shi said unconvinced.
"Haha, no matter how old you are, in Uncle Bao's eyes, you are just a child." Bao Heizi looked up to the sky and laughed again.
After teasing Su Shi, Bao Heizi sat down and looked much more serious. He looked at Su Shi and asked, "Come on, tell me what you think."
Su Shi also put away the smile on his face, looked at Bao Heizi and said: "Uncle Bao, my request is very simple. Just ask for all the facts. Those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. Can you make the decision?"
Faced with this question that seemed ordinary but was actually not ordinary, Bao Zheng shook his head simply: "No. There are some things that you know and I know, and it is enough for the courtiers and officials to know. But some words cannot be so straightforward.
speak out."
"What's the explanation?" Su Shi asked back.
"Well... Take Wang Deyong for example. The report about him can only be written like this. In order to prevent the loss of the northern territory, Wang Xianggong defended Xincheng for several months and fought dozens of fierce battles with the enemy. In the end, he still
Due to the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and our forces, we were defeated. We then looked for opportunities to severely injure the enemy and break out of the encirclement."
"No." Su Shi shook his head when he heard that Bao Heizi was clearly confusing right and wrong.
"It's okay even if it doesn't work."
Unexpectedly, Bao Heizi's tone suddenly became stern.
But after saying that, the black spots grew again
He took a breath and said: "Brother Shi, I know what you think. This is not true, and it is exactly the opposite of the truth. But do you think I want to do this?"