"Yes, if it was Su Shi, why didn't he capture Xijing? Ordinarily, since he took action, it was so unexpected that he shouldn't have missed it." Zhang Jian also had doubts in his heart.
"Okay, now is not the time to think about this. It takes time for the carrier pigeons to arrive at our place. This means that these wars happened at least a day or two ago. Now let's talk about what we can do." Xiao Ying looked at Zhang Jian and replied.
When thinking about Su Shi's failure, he couldn't help but feel angry.
No matter who comes, isn't it a good thing if we can't capture Xijing?
"We? We should immediately mobilize the troops we have gathered now to go to the Xijing area, try to block Su Shi's army there, and then completely eliminate them there." Zhang Jian was surprised when he thought that Su Shi had entered the Liao territory again.
Excited again.
If Su Shi goes deep alone, he can indeed cause some damage to them, but why is it not an opportunity for them?
"We are sending troops now, but our army has not yet been assembled, and there is still a lot of food and grass that has not been transported." Xiao Ying asked rhetorically.
"It doesn't matter. If the food and grass are not transported, you can bring as much as you can. You can order other cities to provide it along the way. As for the army that has not been assembled, you can bring as much as you can. Believe me, as long as Su Shi can be killed, the other Song generals will
Nothing to worry about.”
Zhang Jian said with absolute certainty, and at the same time looked at Xiao Ying expectantly.
He is a member of the Xiao family and is the general commanding the troops in this expedition. Compared with him, he only has the power to make suggestions and has no real power to command the army.
Seeing Zhang Jian speaking so confidently and looking at herself so expectantly, Xiao Ying seemed to be affected.
When it comes to infection. "Well, I will listen to you. Now that we have gathered an army of 100,000 people, we will inform them and get ready to go."
Su Shi, who was talked about by Zhang Jian, had already led his army to wreak havoc near Datong Mansion in Xijing, and then headed northeast, aiming straight for Changqing City.
It takes time for carrier pigeons to deliver messages.
The news that Zhang Jian and the others received was a day and a half ago, and it was this time difference that Su Shi created, in order to have more independent time and allow him to carry out more damage to the Liao region.
As for why Xijing of the Liao Kingdom was not captured, it was because Datong Mansion was too big. It was not impossible for Su Shi to capture it, but he had to pay a certain price.
Su Shi, who has little replenishment of troops, will never waste too much time or consume too many troops in one place.
His purpose was to wreak havoc in the Liao region, mobilize the 200,000 troops that the Liao Kingdom was supposed to send to the Song Dynasty, and then look for opportunities to inflict heavy losses.
This was the main purpose. As for attacking the city, he would attack if he could. When the cost was too high, he would rather give up.
After more than ten villages of various sizes near Datong Prefecture were captured in one day, Su Shi led his army to leave in the dark and rush to Changqing City in the northeast.
Naturally, Evergreen City was well prepared. When Su Shi's army arrived, the enemy was locked behind closed doors, and the city towers were filled with various boulders, sleepers, kerosene, strong bows and other items used to defend the city.
The large army passed by in such a majestic manner from outside Changqing City, which made the Liao army defending the city itch with hatred. But they did not dare to actually open the city gate and rush out.
Who knows, this is
Isn't it Su Shi's plan?
At this time, Su Shi had already changed back to his original attire, no longer wearing the banner of Meng Qi, but a battle flag with the Chinese character "Song" written in large letters.
Su Shi wants to use this move to tell everyone that if he doesn't want to be unlucky when he comes, just stay in the city and don't come out. Otherwise, no one will keep you safe.
Passing by Changqing City without attacking, we arrived outside Tiancheng on the third day, but the place was still closed.
It didn't matter, all this was within Su Shi's expectation. He once again led his troops to the northeast, targeting Huai'an City.
Along the way, Su Shi had no intention of concealing his whereabouts. It was as if he was using this move to tell the people of Liao that I, Su Shi, was here, and that I came in an open and honest manner.
What can you do?
Stopping and stopping along the way, Su Shi's army was not fast but very stable. It aimed towards the northeast. Whenever it encountered a village along the way, it would inevitably cause some destruction.
When encountering a city with its gates closed, the army would pass by calmly, without any hurry or delay.
He really regarded the Liao Kingdom as his own back garden, and he could do whatever he wanted.
On several occasions, Su Shi chose to sleep outdoors five miles outside the city of Liao Kingdom.
If the wind is stronger, the aroma of the food can drift into the city. This is completely provocative.
Even though they knew this, no Liao army dared to go out of the city to fight. This also made the morale of the 30,000 Song troops who followed them get higher and higher day by day.
More than ten days later, Su Shi appeared unhurriedly outside Yongxing City, the capital of Fengsheng Prefecture, and then suddenly disappeared again.
Su Shi disappeared again, which was far worse than his blatant appearance.
Some cities are even more frightening than others.
No one knew where his next target would be, which caused panic in the nearby cities. At this time, Xiao Ying and Zhang Jian appeared outside Yongxing City with 100,000 Liao troops.
The appearance of Xiao Ying's army made the Liao people in the city see the light of day. They were all very happy and excited, and they quickly opened the city gates to prepare to welcome Xiao Ying's army into the city.
However, Xiao Ying had no intention of entering the city. After asking the city to send some military rations, he divided the 100,000-strong army into ten branches and dispersed to search for Su Shi's traces.
The distance between the ten Liao armies was less than thirty miles, which ensured that if any army encountered Su Shi, other comrades could arrive within half an hour to provide support.
Xiao Ying followed Zhang Jian's suggestion and not only separated all the 100,000 troops, but also asked the nearby Liao army cities to send troops to join in the search for Su Shi's traces.
In Zhang Jian's opinion, finding Su Shi is not scary. What is scary is that if you can't find him, you won't know where he will be next time he appears.
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Duanyunling.
It is located in the northwest of Yongxing City, less than 40 miles away from Wende City in Guihua Prefecture.
The mountains here are connected, and in March, the big trees begin to sprout twigs, giving it a spring-like appearance.
Su Shi ambushed here with 30,000 troops.
The bandits here have been completely wiped out by the third brigade led by Hu Yunfeng.
It has to be said that in many cases, bandits are often more capable of dealing with bandits than officers and soldiers.
"Young Marshal, we have indeed mobilized the Liao Army's 100,000 reinforcements. They are now being divided into ten groups, with 10,000 people along the way.
They came searching for us, are we going to do something next?" Ji Zhu chuckled and stood beside Su Shi.
In front of Su Shi was a map of the Liao Kingdom drawn by the Flying Eagle Squadron. He was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at it and asking, "How many Liao armies are coming in our direction?"
"Two teams, each with a team of ten thousand people, each with five thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry." Jijuli replied solemnly.
"Haha, these are two pieces of fat." Hearing this, Su Shi also became happy.
Then he raised his head, looked at Ji Zhu and said: "Inform the Pioneer Army and Longwuwei to change their uniforms, and the Black Cavalry will be responsible for maneuvering."
There was no black cavalry in this battle, which made Ji Zhu somewhat depressed. But considering that their black cavalry were the strongest force in the young marshal's account, good steel must of course be used on the blade, so he answered yes.
Turn around to deliver the order.
When Su Shi captured Shanyang City before, he captured a lot of Liao army uniforms from there, and now is the time to put them to use.
A total of 20,000 sets of military uniforms were put on the Pioneer Army and Longwuwei, and then the two armies followed the route provided by the Flying Eagle Squadron and set off from Duanyun Ridge.
After the army left, Su Shi was still looking at the map in his hand, and finally his eyes fell on Longmen City in the northeast.
The Art of War says, before you think about victory, plan for defeat first.
At this time, you are alone outside, so you must be prepared to retreat at any time if the battle goes wrong.
Ten thousand dragon warriors are leaving the mountain range under the leadership of General Lei Meng.
This time the troops entered the Liao territory, and Lei Meng was in a state of excitement and excitement along the way.
He knew very well that Su Shi was willing to take them to Liao territory this time because he wanted to
Train His Royal Highness King Jing to have a truly capable fighting force.
Throughout history, there is no warrior who is capable of fighting but has been forged through countless times of blood and fire.
The opportunity was placed in front of him, and Raymond cherished it very much. In every battle, he would devote 100% of his energy to it.
It was the same this time. Nearly a hundred scouts were sent to inquire about the surrounding situation. Although Raymond knew that there was a scout organization called the Eagle Squadron around them. They seemed to be omnipresent and omniscient, but it was better to seek help from others than to seek help from yourself.
You can't rely on others every time you fight.
The scouts were sent out, but it didn't take long before someone came back and reported that a Liao army of 10,000 people was found ten miles directly in front of them. Among them were 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry.
"That's them. Everyone, get ready for battle. Everyone, wrap a white scarf around your left arm to show the difference, and set off." Raymond's face showed excitement, and after quickly giving the order, he came with a
Thousands of cavalrymen went straight to meet the Liao army coming from the opposite side.
The Liao army directly opposite didn't know that they had been targeted.
In their view, although they appear to be an independent army with only 10,000 people, they should not forget that there are Liao armies around them that can reinforce them at any time.
As long as Su Shi from the Song Dynasty had any brains, he would not attack them in broad daylight.
The attack would only be at night, when people are unprepared and the line of sight is blocked.
It is this kind of subconscious existence that makes them defenseless in the daytime, even if the scouts in front send news that there is a cavalry team of ten thousand people on the opposite side.
When he was coming towards his place, the captain of ten thousand men from the Liao Kingdom didn't take it seriously at all.
